§ Mr. HealdTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) if he will list the planned police recruitment intakes in England and Wales for the remainder of 2000–01, broken down by force, differentiating recruits under the Crime Fighting Fund initiative and those who would otherwise be recruited; [146290]
(2) if he will list the (a) planned and (b) actual police recruitment intakes in England and Wales in 2000–01 to date, broken down by force, differentiating recruits under the Crime Fighting Fund initiative and those who would otherwise have been recruited. [146289]
§ Mr. Charles Clarke[holding answer 22 January 2001]: The only information collected centrally about force recruitment by intake is that required for the purposes of monitoring the Crime Fighting Fund (CFF) and calculating CFF grant. Forces are not asked for details of all planned and actual recruits, only for the number of appointments on probation. For CFF purposes any officer appointed on transfer from the Royal Ulster Constabulary is also counted in this category. The figures provided by forces are the source of the information given in this answer.
Individual force plans for particular recruitment intakes have changed frequently according to the success of the force in attracting and processing applications. The table sets out the actual recruitment, month by month, reported by each force for the period 1 April to 15 December 2000. This was the cut-off date for the most recent payment of CFF grant. The table shows separately the number of officers deemed to be CFF recruits and other appointments on probation. The number of recruits deemed to be CFF officers is calculated as a proportion of the force's projected total appointments on probation. If the total of these appointments for the year varies from a force's projections, the number of recruits deemed to be CFF officers may also change.
In view of the frequent changes to force plans for the number of recruits on each intake, it is difficult to offer a meaningful force by force projection for each intake for the remainder of 2000–01. However, returns from forces suggest that by 31 March 2000 a total of 7,250 appointments on probation will have been made in the financial year 2000–01. Of these 2,750 will be deemed to be CFF recruits.
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Appointments on probation—1 April to 15 December 20001,2 April May June July August Forces Deemed CFF Others Deemed CFF Others Deemed CFF Others Deemed CFF Others Deemed CFF Others Hampshire 2 16 1 15 2 19 1 16 2 15 Hertfordshire 0 12 0 16 0 13 0 9 0 11 Humberside 8 0 0 0 11 0 5 0 7 0 Kent 7 13 7 11 10 18 10 17 9 15 Lancashire 8 8 7 7 8 8 7 7 8 9 Leicestershire 7 10 0 0 6 10 0 0 7 10 Lincolnshire 0 0 4 8 4 8 8 16 5 9 Merseyside 14 6 14 6 0 0 8 3 11 4 Metropolitan 42 57 42 57 41 55 36 49 0 0 Norfolk 6 4 6 3 4 2 0 0 8 4 North Wales 4 8 2 4 4 8 0 0 8 13 North Yorkshire 0 0 0 0 3 11 3 9 0 0 Northamptonshire 1 1 9 8 8 6 3 3 6 5 Northumbria 4 10 6 12 6 12 8 17 9 19 Nottinghamshire 4 6 5 8 4 7 5 7 5 7 South Wales 4 11 4 14 4 14 5 18 8 25 South Yorkshire 5 7 5 7 11 13 5 7 11 13 Staffordshire 0 0 8 2 8 2 0 0 0 0 Suffolk 0 0 7 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 Surrey 7 22 5 15 4 14 6 20 4 13 Sussex 2 8 2 8 4 11 5 16 6 18 Thames Valley 4 14 5 18 4 18 6 26 5 22 Warwickshire 0 0 0 0 5 10 0 0 4 8 West Mercia 0 0 11 7 6 3 0 0 0 0 West Midlands 14 27 13 25 24 45 24 46 24 45 West Yorkshire 8 7 7 6 8 7 9 9 11 11 Wiltshire 0 0 4 4 0 0 4 5 0 0 210W211W
September October November December Forces Deemed CFF Others Deemed CFF Others Deemed CFF Others Deemed CFF Others Avon and Somerset 10 10 10 10 0 0 10 10 Bedfordshire 0 0 1 6 2 7 2 10 Cambridgeshire 0 0 2 9 2 9 3 13 Cheshire 0 0 2 5 4 9 0 0 City of London 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 10 Cleveland 0 0 3 9 3 9 0 0 Cumbria 0 0 0 0 7 1 7 1 Derbyshire 0 0 9 7 8 6 0 0 Devon and Cornwall 0 0 9 9 8 10 0 0 Dorset 0 0 8 12 0 0 6 8 Durham 0 0 3 4 4 4 4 6 Dyfed Powys 0 0 3 4 4 3 0 0 Essex 0 0 0 22 0 22 0 0 Gloucestershire 0 0 4 9 0 0 0 0 Greater Manchester 0 0 12 23 12 23 21 39 Gwent 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Hampshire 0 0 2 22 1 17 0 0 Hertfordshire 0 0 0 0 0 13 0 0 Humberside 0 0 0 0 12 0 4 12 Kent 0 0 10 19 11 19 12 20 Lancashire 0 0 8 9 8 8 8 8 Leicestershire 5 9 0 0 5 7 2 4 Lincolnshire 0 0 5 9 0 10 0 0 Merseyside 0 0 14 5 14 6 0 0 Metropolitan 41 55 52 70 57 77 0 0 Norfolk 0 0 6 3 1 8 0 0 North Wales 0 0 8 13 0 0 0 0 North Yorkshire 0 0 3 7 0 0 0 0 Northamptonshire 0 0 5 5 0 13 0 6 Northumbria 0 0 7 16 7 14 8 18 Nottinghamshire 0 0 4 7 3 6 10 18 South Wales 0 0 7 23 7 21 0 0 South Yorkshire 0 0 4 5 11 13 0 0 Staffordshire 0 0 7 1 7 2 0 0 Suffolk 0 0 9 5 0 0 11 6 Surrey 7 20 8 25 0 0 4 15
September October November December Forces Deemed CFF Others Deemed CFF Others Deemed CFF Others Deemed CFF Others Sussex 0 0 5 15 7 21 7 21 Thames Valley 0 0 5 19 3 12 4 14 Warwickshire 0 0 4 8 4 8 4 9 West Mercia 0 0 9 5 6 3 9 6 West Midlands 0 0 24 45 24 46 0 0 West Yorkshire 0 0 8 8 10 10 0 0 Wiltshire 0 0 7 7 0 0 0 0 1 Based on force returns for CFF purposes 2 Force returns cover appointments on probation, except that any officer transferring to a force in England and Wales from the RUC would also be counted among 'others'