HC Deb 15 October 2002 vol 390 c711W
Mr. Evans

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many arrests were made by British Transport Police in(a) 1997, (b) 1998, (c) 1999, (d) 2000 and (e) 2001. [73808]

Mr. Jamieson

The British Transport Police do not separately record numbers of arrests. They processed the following numbers of persons for allegedly committing offences:

1998 1999 2000 2001
Number 36,607 39.832 38,119 32,300

The figures for 1997 are not readily available and were recorded using different Home Office rules that would not be comparable with the figures for subsequent years.

Mr. Evans

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many(a) officers and (b) other staff there were in the British Transport Police in (i) 1997, (ii) 1998, (iii) 1999 and (iv) 2000; and how many there are now. [73809]

Mr. Jamieson

The British Transport Police have provided me with the following information:

1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002
Police Officers 2,132 2,095 2,113 2,091 2,109 2,123
Support Staff 461 492 524 523 565 644