§ Mr. HealdTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the cost of his Department's national recruitment campaign was up to 1 January; and what cost(a) has been and (b) is planned to be incurred in 2001. [145095]
§ Mr. Charles ClarkeThe first phase of the police recruitment campaign ran from September to November 2000 and cost £5 million. The second phase of the campaign is running now and will finish in mid March 2001, the planned costs are £3.2 million. These costs include both media and production and VAT—and equate to £6.98 million ex VAT.
The costs of future phases in 2001 have not been finalised.
§ Mr. HealdTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the monthly recruitment intake target for the Police College at Hendon is for 2001; and how many entrants have applied in respect of each intake date to date. [145094]
§ Mr. Charles ClarkeThe Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police informs me that the monthly recruitment intake target for each of the next two intakes in January and March 2001 at the police college at Hendon is 200. For the remainder of the year, the planned intake target is 247 for each intake. Applicants to join as police recruits are not allocated an intake date until recruitment formalities have been completed.
§ Mr. HealdTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many entrants have been recruited in each police force area under the Crime Fighting Fund initiative. [145554]
§ Mr. Charles ClarkeThe number of recruits deemed to be Crime Fighting Fund (CFF) recruits taken on by each force is detailed in the table.
The number of CFF officers is calculated as a proportion of total recruitment. If total recruitment for the year falls short of projections, the number of deemed CFF officers may fall.
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Forces Deemed CFF officers April-December 2000 Avon and Somerset 57 Bedfordshire 9 Cambridgeshire 21 Cheshire 13
Forces Deemed CFF officers April-December 2000 City of London 0 Cleveland 15 Cumbria 21 Derbyshire 38 Devon and Cornwall 56 Dorset 26 Durham 25 Dyfed Powys 19 Essex 0 Gloucestershire 18 Greater Manchester 89 Gwent 31 Hampshire 11 Hertfordshire 0 Humberside 47 Kent 76 Lancashire 62 Leicestershire 32 Lincolnshire 26 Merseyside 75 Metropolitan 311 Norfolk 31 North Wales 26 North Yorkshire 9 Northamptonshire 32 Northumbria 55 Nottinghamshire 40 South Wales 39 South Yorkshire 52 Staffordshire 30 Suffolk 27 Surrey 45 Sussex 38 Thames Valley 36 Warwickshire 21 West Mercia 41 West Midlands 147 West Yorkshire 61 Wiltshire 15 Total 1,823
§ Mr. HealdTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many completed application forms have been received by each of the police forces in England and Wales as a result of his Department's national recruitment campaign. [145101]
§ Mr. Charles ClarkeThe Home Office centrally handles responses to the campaign and expressions of interest (EOI) in applying to join the police service. The total EOI resulting from the campaign, that have been sent on to each force are listed. Completed application forms are received by each individual police force separately.
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Breakdown of EOIs and where they were sent as at 7 January 2001 Force Cumulative 01 Avon and Somerset constabulary 473 02 Bedfordshire police 90 03 Cambridgeshire constabulary 187 04 Cheshire constabulary 507 05 City of London constabulary 149 06 Cleveland constabulary 308 07 Cumbria constabulary 323 08 Derbyshire constabulary 419 09 Devon and Cornwall constabulary 379 10 Dorset police 192 11 Durham police 358 12 Dyfed-Powys police 228 13 Essex police 280 14 Gloucestershire constabulary 100
Breakdown of EOls and where they were sent as at 7 January 2001 Force Cumulative 15 Greater Manchester police 968 16 Gwent constabulary 153 17 Hampshire constabulary 221 18 Hertfordshire constabulary 122 19 Humberside police 313 20 Kent constabulary 209 21 Lancashire constabulary 748 22 Leicestershire constabulaiy 207 23 Lincolnshire police 204 24 Merseyside police 833 25 Metropolitan police 1,153 26 Norfolk constabulary 222 27 Northamptonshire police 128 28 Northumbria police 451 29 North Wales police 183 30 North Yorkshire police 466 31 Nottinghamshire constabulary 630 32 South Wales constabulary 623 33 South Yorkshire police 607 34 Staffordshire police 456 35 Suffolk constabulary 130 36 Surrey police 123 37 Sussex police 203 38 Thames Valley police 254 39 Warwickshire constabulaiy 126 40 West Mercia constabulary 294 41 West Midlands police 566 42 West Yorkshire police 664 43 Wiltshire police 105 Total 15,355