HC Deb 24 July 2002 vol 389 c1468W
Mr. Horam

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many police served in(a) the London Borough of Bromley and (b) the Orpington sector of Bromley; and what the establishment figure was in each year since 1996. [9997]

Mr. John Denham

The information in the table has been provided by the Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis. Figures for the Orpington Sector of Bromley are not available.

The budgeted strength is not an establishment figure. Differences between actual and budgeted strength have a variety of causes. They may arise because patterns of recruitment to and wastage from the police service are different or because targets for strength at the end of the financial year reflect planned changes in strength, for example the allocation of officers recruited through the Crime Fighting Fund.

Year Budgeted Workforce Total in Bromley Strength
December 1996 479 471
December 1997 Not Available 464
December 1998 Not Available 443
December 1999 440 432
December 2000 440 412
January 2002 458 424