HC Deb 01 November 2001 vol 373 cc854-5W
Ms Buck

To 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. Denham

The 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 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

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