§ Ms BuckTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list for each local authority area in London(a) police establishment as of 31 March 1993, (b) police establishment as of 31 March 1997, (c) police establishment as of 31 March 2001, (d) police establishment as of 31 September 2001 and (e) projected target establishment for 31 March 2002. [10176]
§ Mr. DenhamThe information has been provided by the Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis. The Metropolitan police is unable to provide budgeted police officer work force totals for 1993 and 1997. Actual strength figures are available for 31 December in each of 855W those years, and with budgeted work force totals for March 2001 and September 2001 are set out in the table.
Number of police officers Budgeted work force Division December 1993 December 1997 March 20011 September 20012 City of Westminster 1,901 1,697 1,580 1,642 Kensington and Chelsea 655 609 557 577 Hammersmith and Fulham 548 542 517 539 Camden 692 697 671 699 Islington 568 549 554 584 Harrow 277 289 295 311 Brent 620 613 606 637 Barnet 781 706 517 542 Ealing 653 627 611 656 Hillingdon 444 398 376 395 Haringey 562 527 533 562 Hackney 633 677 673 708 Tower Hamlets 690 568 549 578 Waltham Forest 474 464 453 474 Redbridge 536 497 390 414 Havering 375 334 320 334 Newham 578 590 583 616 Barking and Dagenham 287 300 279 294 Enfield 550 550 478 515 Southwark 850 861 801 839 Lewisham 588 610 584 612 Bromley 481 464 440 458 Greenwich 518 612 586 613 Bexley 273 282 310 328 Croydon 580 601 549 595 Sutton 390 405 254 270 Lambeth 947 917 875 923 Richmond upon Thames 321 283 260 274 Hounslow 483 457 411 435 Kingston upon Thames 396 367 256 272 Merton 312 293 290 303 Wandsworth 693 596 555 586 Total 18,656 17,982 16,713 17,585 Heathrow airport3 424 362 304 301 Divisional total 19,080 18,344 17,017 17,886 1 Figures are full-time equivalents 2 The budgeted work force total for each London borough division is set at the start of the financial year. Projected figures for 31 March 2002 are therefore the same as those for 30 September 2001 3 These police posts are paid by Heathrow Airport plc