§ Mark TamiTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the average(a) number and (b) proportion of each police force was employed in speed enforcement on roads in the last five years. [70409]
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Traffic Officers 1997/98 to 2000–01 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 FORCES Traffic per cent of strength Traffic per cent of strength Traffic per cent of strength Traffic per cent of strength England and Wales 7,951 6.40 7,806 6.30 7,522 6.20 7,238 5.90 Avon and Somerset 211 7.10 207 6.90 200 6.80 211 7.10 Bedfordshire 89 8.20 79 7.60 73 7.10 69 6.70 Cambridgeshire 91 7.00 96 7.50 93 7.50 86 6.60 Cheshire 204 10.00 205 9.90 196 9.70 187 9.30 City of London 32 3.40 24 3.10 22 3.00 24 3.40 Cleveland 82 5.50 67 4.70 68 4.80 63 4.50 Cumbria 117 10.00 117 10.40 119 11.00 111 10.60 Derbyshire 139 7.80 147 8.40 139 7.80 136 7.50 Devon and Cornwall 215 7.30 212 7.30 215 7.60 202 6.90 Dorset 93 7.10 77 6.00 83 6.30 86 6.40 Durham 115 7.60 117 7.50 116 7.40 113 7.10 Dyfed-Powys 89 8.90 97 9.50 93 8.90 83 7.90 Essex 268 9.20 259 9.00 245 8.70 249 8.60 Gloucestershire 83 7.50 82 7.40 68 6.10 69 5.90 Greater Manchester 429 6.20 434 6.40 433 6.40 423 6.10 Gwent 93 7.50 88 7.10 90 7.10 89 7.00 Hampshire 261 7.50 278 8.00 251 7.30 240 7.00 Hertfordshire 157 9.00 158 9.20 155 8.80 168 8.70 Humberside 165 8.20 149 7.50 155 8.00 145 7.60 Kent 149 4.60 119 3.70 103 3.20 104 3.10 Lancashire 422 13.00 225 6.90 220 6.90 217 6.70 Leicestershire 85 4.30 86 4.30 87 4.40 95 4.70 Lincolnshire 95 8.00 95 8.30 93 8.30 88 7.30
§ Mr. Bob AinsworthInformation in the form requested is not collected. Data is however collected by Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary (HMIC) for the number of officers who are deployed to all traffic duties. The table shows the number of police officers, as at 31 March, for each year from 1998 to 2001 who were deployed to traffic duties in each force in England and Wales and what proportion this was of the strength of each force. Figures for 2002 are not yet available.
The basis on which HM1C classify police service staff changed in the year 1999–2000 so the figures for 31 March 2000 and 31 March 2001 are not directly comparable with those for earlier years. Some officers counted as deployed to traffic duties in earlier years may, from 1999–2000 onward, have been recorded as deployed to duties relating to traffic wardens.
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Traffic Officers 1997/98 to 2000–01 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 FORCES Traffic per cent of strength Traffic per cent of strength Traffic per cent of strength Traffic per cent of strength Merseyside 197 4.70 200 4.70 185 4.50 130 3.20 Metropolitan Police 823 3.20 782 3.00 824 3.20 686 2.80 Norfolk 111 7.80 107 7.70 109 7.90 113 8.00 North Wales 143 10.20 236 17.00 134 9.60 146 10.10 North Yorkshire 127 9.30 128 9.60 96 7.50 129 9.90 Northamptonshire 97 8.30 87 7.60 52 4.70 52 4.50 Northumbria 164 4.40 162 4.20 158 4.20 158 4.10 Nottinghamshire 177 7.60 182 8.20 167 7.60 175 7.90 South Wales 155 5.20 220 7.40 224 7.70 238 7.70 South Yorkshire 197 6.20 197 6.20 196 6.20 206 6.40 Staffordshire 204 8.90 208 9.30 188 8.70 35 1.60 Suffolk 68 5.70 74 6.20 70 6.10 63 5.60 Surrey 176 10.90 177 10.60 173 9.70 197 9.50 Sussex 206 6.90 197 6.90 191 6.80 190 6.60 Thames Valley 272 7.20 265 7.10 251 6.70 251 6.80 Warwickshire 102 11.00 106 11.70 102 11.30 96 10.40 West Mercia 239 11.90 238 11.70 278 14.70 322 16.50 West Midlands 412 5.80 405 5.50 394 5.50 380 5.10 West Yorkshire 307 6.00 331 6.60 323 6.70 326 6.80 Wiltshire 96 8.30 90 7.80 93 8.30 91 8.10