HL Deb 09 March 2001 vol 623 cc50-1WA
Lord Dholakia

asked Her Majesty's Government:

Whether they will give the numbers of police officers for the Greater Manchester Police for each of the last five years broken down as:

(a)numbers deployed in each division;

(b) numbers deployed at the Greater Manchester Police Headquarters; and

(c) numbers deployed in task groups working on specific types of crime, for example, drugs working across the county. [HL702]

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Home Office (Lord Bassam of Brighton)

Information on the number of officers in each of the territorial divisions of the Greater Manchester Police from 31 March 1997 to 1 February 2001 is set out in the table. The figures have been provided by the Chief Constable.

The Chief Constable has also provided information on the number of police officers in headquarters departments and headquarters based operational units. The headquarters based units (which may not be located at force headquarters) deal with specific types of crimes and other specialist areas such as the drugs squad and the robbery squad.

Greater Manchester Police
31 March 1997 31 March 1998 31 March 1999 31 March 2000 1 February 2001
Manchester North (A) 778.5 711.3 690.2 686.1 692.7
Manchester South (B) 841 879.4. 899.9 894.5 910.3
Salford (F) 528.5 535.9 519.1 521.4 532.3
Tameside (G) 353 382.7 387.5 371.7 379.4.
Stockport (J) 455.9 451.4 428.7 431.6 442.7
Bolton (K) 508.9 508.3 483 477.3 491.8
Wigan (L) 441.4 432.9 420.1 414.5 426.6
Trafford (M) 471.4 498.1 494.5 500.7 505.9
Bury (N) 266.8 275.5 276.9 259.9 266.8
Rochdale (P) 413.8 406.1 383 380.2 388
Oldham (Q) 419.3 408.5 395.7 393 396.5
HQ Departments 703.4 719.7 660.3 709.6 727.2
Headquarters based specialist units 739 739 771 754 750
Figures are full-time equivalents.