§ Mr. FlookTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list the targets on which basic command units in each constabulary are assessed on a(a) quarterly and (b) annual basis. [124433]
§ Ms BlearsThe Home Office have not asked basic command units to set crime reduction targets. All police authorities have set targets for the reduction of vehicle crime and domestic burglary. In addition, the 10 police authorities involved in the street crime initiative have been asked to set targets for the reduction of robbery.
It is for individual police authorities and forces to decide whether they would like their basic command units to set targets.
§ Mr. AllenTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many police forces in England are smaller than the City of Nottingham Division of the Nottinghamshire Constabulary. [124997]
§ Ms BlearsInformation provided in June last year by the Chief Constable of Nottinghamshire Police, Mr. Stephen Green QPM, showed that Nottingham
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(a) Number of police officers1 (b) Police/population2 (c) Government funding3£million (d) Funding per resident £ million (e) Precept on band D property (£) (f) Revenue raised through precept £ million4 Avon and Somerset 3,119 476 167.15 113 111.6 58.63 Bedfordshire 1,086 522 63.73 113 93.4 18.03 Cambridgeshire 1,398 508 75.95 107 113.3 28.04 Cheshire 2,075 474 113.44 115 88.1 31.32 Cleveland 1,488 364 87.43 162 120.2 19.54 Cumbria 1,112 439 61.43 126 130.7 21.84 Derbyshire 1,970 486 103.74 108 111.8 34.88 Devon and Cornwall 3,145 502 172.41 109 103.3 58.23 City Division had 789 police officers. Only the City of London Police force was smaller with 764 officers in March 2002.