HC Deb 03 February 2004 vol 417 cc796-803W
Simon Hughes

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the rate of Metropolitan police officer abstractions was from each London borough for(a) counter-terrorism, (b) special operations and (c) public order event policing work in each of the last 12 months; what the average was for each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement. [151075]

Ms Blears

[holding answer 26 January 2004]The numbers of Metropolitan police officer abstractions from each London borough for counter-terrorism, public order and other event policing work during the last 12 months and average abstractions for each borough for the last three years are shown in the following tables. These statistics are taken from data stored within the Public Order Strategic Management Information System held by the Metropolitan Police.

Information on abstraction by borough prior to 2001 is not available.

Number of constables abstracted for Counter Terrorism (Ceremonial, Royal visits and security Events) from 1 January 2003 to 31 December 2003
January February March April May June July
Lewisham 0 88 182 436 191 302 83
Marylebone 0 89 101 240 65 140 104
Merton 0 77 119 259 99 47 33
Newham 8 60 473 921 154 178 140
Paddington 0 83 107 187 70 51 79
Redbridge 6 76 68 288 153 183 98
Richmond 1 109 118 242 88 130 71
Southwark 0 247 143 654 442 371 145
Sutton and Epsom 0 97 105 323 225 103 86
Tower Hamlets 4 78 370 583 319 371 123
Waltham Forest 0 84 209 438 257 231 62
Wandsworth 0 192 189 427 268 232 59
West End Central 0 110 162 185 284 173 82
Total 63 4,197 5,890 14,576 7,852 8,233 3,375

August September October November December Total
Barking and Dagenham 1 231 18 150 22 1,440
Barnet 14 273 35 333 45 2,097
Belgravia 14 196 62 209 25 1,343
Bexley 0 151 1 169 12 1,257
Brent 37 338 19 335 51 2,047
Bromley 2 209 6 273 21 1,883
Camden 12 234 55 587 49 2,742
Charing Cross 84 432 42 328 47 1,732
Croydon 14 187 6 299 3 2,120
Ealing 30 274 19 350 26 2,149
Enfield 8 290 100 292 18 1,933
Greenwich 1 373 7 289 14 2,496
Hackney 17 400 25 456 66 2,179
Hammersmith and Fulham 7 370 3 306 2 1,280
Haringey 7 427 46 337 19 1,908
Harrow 15 167 12 149 8 1,144
Havering 0 216 25 189 12 1,530
Hillingdon 65 192 0 210 43 1,974
Hounslow 42 159 5 266 25 1,841
Islington 0 346 19 401 58 2,147
Kensington and Chelsea 36 385 12 424 7 2,307
Kingston 35 71 2 146 1 1,037
Lambeth 48 416 57 547 45 3,436
Lewisham 15 387 8 405 9 2,106
Marylebone 14 188 15 262 37 1,255
Merton 7 83 6 169 3 902
Newham 39 468 23 361 23 2,848
Paddington 13 271 23 321 64 1,269
Redbridge 15 267 38 245 20 1,457
Richmond 22 136 2 162 0 1,081
Southwark 50 484 21 527 36 3,120
Sutton and Epsom 14 80 4 141 2 1,180
Tower Hamlets 28 437 61 475 65 2,914
Waltham Forest 21 273 38 269 22 1,904
Wandsworth 21 293 5 344 25 2,055
West End Central 7 254 47 290 43 1,637
Total 755 9,958 867 11,016 968 67,750

Number of constables abstracted for Public Order (includes Public Order, Football and other sporting events) from 1 January 2003 to 31 December 2003
January February March April May June July
Barking and Dagenham 189 102 189 105 99 85 61
Barnet 190 149 261 129 172 64 221
Belgravia 82 31 97 96 47 75 53
Bexley 94 64 158 99 47 46 35
Brent 129 78 226 382 310 122 198
Bromley 132 88 171 150 80 57 95
Camden 197 140 322 225 295 156 162
Charing Cross 162 198 155 138 115 96 89
Croydon 123 158 353 316 135 67 113
Ealing 221 133 '44 205 187 166 131
Enfield 217 116 165 148 89 59 341

Number of constables abstracted for Public Order (includes Public Order, Football and other sporting events) from 1 January 2003 to 31 December 2003
January February March April May June July
Greenwich 267 127 243 261 174 89 140
Hackney 285 88 248 425 152 340 144
Hammersmith and Fulham 243 289 352 478 163 129 156
Haringey 182 151 200 481 137 269 319
Harrow 142 81 163 114 142 55 66
Havering 92 87 200 118 147 36 43
Hillingdon 131 75 235 111 116 36 105
Hounslow 165 110 325 212 120 74 84
Islington 303 168 343 217 307 122 168
Kensington and Chelsea 127 92 121 172 77 110 161
Kingston 58 71 139 78 76 81 104
Lambeth 258 212 423 546 222 230 131
Lewisham 201 169 298 203 121 96 173
Marylebone 94 43 176 117 205 112 132
Merton 106 76 140 113 109 286 231
Newham 273 283 248 263 180 78 127
Paddington 54 32 108 76 54 90 66
Redbridge 194 91 185 156 120 116 157
Richmond 78 117 168 124 133 66 38
Southwark 221 142 311 471 191 173 153
Sutton and Epsom 76 33 141 90 56 101 49
Tower Hamlets 255 370 204 134 142 29 126
Waltham Forest 241 166 219 189 207 196 44
Wandsworth 148 117 257 184 108 142 160
West End Central 123 73 172 111 45 70 107
Total 6,053 4,520 7,960 7,437 5,080 4,119 4,683

August September October November December Total
Barking and Dagenham 178 33 118 56 139 1,354
Barnet 262 103 143 91 179 1,964
Belgravia 156 37 62 29 28 793
Bexley 129 46 82 45 118 963
Brent 409 248 106 174 311 2,693
Bromley 206 78 111 50 127 1,345
Camden 476 361 181 89 365 2,969
Charing Cross 164 92 75 2 137 1,423
Croydon 419 136 171 76 253 2,320
Ealing 406 99 106 292 164 2,354
Enfield 343 130 68 68 285 2,029
Greenwich 279 83 70 85 82 1,900
Hackney 360 174 54 77 489 2,836
Hammersmith and Fulham 389 196 236 242 292 3,165
Haringey 463 253 266 162 448 3,331
Harrow 93 106 91 87 179 1,319
Havering 210 35 63 73 166 1,270
Hillingdon 251 69 79 93 196 1,497
Hounslow 239 103 140 108 191 1,871
Islington 406 237 169 182 357 2,979
Kensington and Chelsea 384 71 174 44 141 1,674
Kingston 144 69 68 34 123 1,045
Lambeth 481 321 221 135 264 3,444
Lewisham 496 190 220 124 261 2,552
Marylebone 323 32 40 54 83 1,411
Merton 252 36 61 34 109 1,553
Newham 510 176 176 141 228 2,683
Paddington 235 53 94 64 112 1,038
Redbridge 390 86 78 147 136 1,856
Richmond 103 101 50 29 133 1,140
Southwark 428 201 199 77 243 2,810
Sutton and Epsom 131 33 74 20 72 876
Tower Hamlets 301 154 60 94 226 2,095
Waltham Forest 318 105 88 95 216 2,084
Wandsworth 314 77 161 70 218 1,956
West End Central 170 52 96 70 86 1,175
Total 10,818 4,376 4,251 3,313 7,157 69,767

Number of constables abstracted for 'Other' events (other than Football, Sport, Public Order, Ceremonial, Royal Visit or Security) from 1 January 2003 to 31 December 2003
January February March April May June July
Barking and Dagenham 34 48 21 27 22 24 182
Barnet 26 39 16 46 22 28 82
Belgravia 12 6 1 17 11 24 43
Bexley 28 25 21 20 10 11 42
Brent 54 38 25 43 34 43 49
Bromley 40 10 21 13 54 63 122
Camden 43 22 4 6 19 10 144
Charing Cross 65 20 11 20 22 11 17
Croydon 27 20 23 20 37 25 79
Ealing 40 171 97 157 55 49 84
Enfield 42 36 21 21 23 23 90
Greenwich 82 24 28 41 30 12 80
Hackney 56 40 25 21 64 42 138
Hammersmith and Fulham 25 7 2 0 18 9 9
Haringey 71 31 57 19 60 60 95
Harrow 36 21 16 37 3 23 4
Havering 39 36 10 26 9 44 90
Hillingdon 47 31 26 28 4 7 43
Hounslow 26 44 33 20 24 28 83
Islington 16 9 1 18 4 21 96
Kensington and Chelsea 20 27 8 20 66 30 73
Kingston 10 1 30 8 25 6 28
Lambeth 62 26 21 29 62 61 254
Lewisham 87 31 21 20 35 24 187
Marylebone 3 27 1 0 3 1 34
Merton 26 8 21 17 3 8 43
Newham 36 49 40 89 40 26 86'
Paddington 18 10 16 21 2 24 34
Redbridge 24 33 32 29 14 37 85
Richmond 10 10 70 10 21 39 21
Southwark 42 30 21 20 107 48 204
Sutton and Epsom 18 23 23 20 23 18 45
Tower Hamlets 48 491 126 29 42 71 202
Waltham Forest 122 35 28 28 21 45 106
Wandsworth 28 26 49 20 24 28 65
West End Central 5 7 16 0 10 24 79
Total 1,368 1,512 982 960 1,023 1,047 3,118

August September October November December Total
Barking and Dagenham 46 19 9 22 17 471
Barnet 67 30 52 63 32 503
Belgravia 22 28 38 86 31 319
Bexley 28 38 89 121 71 504
Brent 56 46 196 48 22 654
Bromley 31 38 108 129 88 717
Camden 54 26 23 76 30 457
Charing Cross 23 54 185 138 62 628
Croydon 28 45 90 124 84 602
Ealing 108 54 108 51 33 1,007
Enfield 55 43 32 50 25 461
Greenwich 183 37 119 99 84 819
Hackney 121 40 40 139 43 769
Hammersmith and Fulham 17 21 34 77 27 246
Haringey 46 30 32 92 15 608
Harrow 70 17 17 23 36 303
Havering 66 32 13 18 7 390
Hillingdon 14 11 29 4 12 256
Hounslow 55 27 39 71 28 478
Islington 48 17 226 55 34 545
Kensington and Chelsea 36 56 65 257 172 830
Kingston 18 20 15 26 23 210
Lambeth 97 71 99 238 155 1,175
Lewisham 69 55 117 229 98 973
Marylebone 13 49 68 112 31 342
Merton 25 18 107 153 84 513
Newham 123 50 116 153 101 909
Paddington 26 25 33 58 1 268
Redbridge 61 34 33 30 13 425
Richmond 55 14 22 43 22 337

August September October November December Total
Southwark 176 53 118 240 117 1,176
Sutton and Epsom 21 25 65 94 67 442
Tower Hamlets 82 45 120 163 97 1,516
Waltham Forest 91 51 39 57 31 654
Wandsworth 44 60 105 179 85 713
West End Central 38 50 75 106 62 472
Total 2,113 1,329 2,676 3,624 1,940 21,692

Average monthly number of constables abstracted by borough
2001 2002 2003
Counter Terrorism Public Order Other Counter Terrorism Public Order Other Counter Terrorism Public Order Other
Barking and Dagenham 65 50 149 30 77 35 120 113 39
Barnet 81 120 165 58 109 75 175 164 42
Belgravia 103 66 42 45 52 22 112 66 27
Bexley 51 69 154 35 63 68 105 80 42
Brent 124 144 59 82 153 84 171 224 54
Bromley 76 82 171 50 92 59 157 112 60
Camden 138 173 118 88 184 62 228 247 38
Charing Cross 108 105 79 64 98 38 144 119 52
Croydon 89 145 169 67 208 62 177 193 50
Baling 103 157 160 61 185 69 179 196 84
Enfield 132 135 80 45 158 60 161 169 38
Greenwich 14 147 123 66 150 68 208 158 68
Hackney 130 142 208 76 180 92 182 236 64
Hammersmith and Fulham 65 244 103 42 293 29 107 264 20
Haringey 99 194 85 47 230 80 159 278 51
Harrow 84 87 66 28 63 28 95 110 25
Havering 91 80 69 35 77 41 127 106 32
Hillingdon 86 95 94 48 120 41 164 125 21
Hounslow 70 123 108 43 137 41 153 156 40
Islington 106 212 79 62 232 44 179 248 45
Kensington and Chelsea 129 145 85 55 170 55 192 139 69
Kingston 65 68 67 29 70 32 86 87 17
Lambeth 166 215 197 94 268 84 286 287 98
Lewisham 104 184 170 75 189 67 175 213 81
Marylebone 105 88 56 34 74 15 105 118 28
Merton 47 84 142 25 87 26 75 129 43
Newham 153 134 184 70 164 92 237 224 76
Paddington 76 85 54 76 74 11 106 86 22
Redbridge 91 93 110 41 107 50 121 155 35
Richmond 63 66 69 28 79 21 90 95 28
Southwark 151 168 192 102 204 70 260 234 98
Sutton and Epsom 38 50 140 29 53 21 98 73 37
Tower Hamlets 95 126 129 75 167 81 243 175 126
Waltham Forest 123 128 78 44 128 63 159 174 54
Wandsworth 74 133 192 52 155 82 171 163 59
West End Central 102 92 39 47 71 14 136 98 39

Source:

P.O.S.M.I.S.

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