HC Deb 20 July 2001 vol 372 cc666-7W
Miss McIntosh

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will make a statement on police numbers in north Yorkshire. [5273]

Mr. Denham

On 31 March 2001 the North Yorkshire Constabulary had 1,305 police officers. This is 22 more officers than the force had on 31 March 2000.

North Yorkshire police has been allocated a total of 68 additional recruits under the Crime Fighting Fund (CFF), over and above their existing recruitment plans for the three years to March 2003.

In the first year of the Crime Fighting Fund (CFF) the force recruited four of their CFF allocation. Based on the latest information provided by the force, North Yorkshire Constabulary expects to recruit all of their second year CFF allocation of 39 in 2001–02. The force has been allocated a further 25 CFF recruits in 2002–03.