§ Mr. HoyleTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many arrests were made in the Chorley constituency in each year since 1997. [157677]
§ Ms BlearsInformation on arrests collected centrally is based on persons arrested for 'notifiable' offences at police force area level only, in England and Wales. The information does not identify individual local authority or constituency areas.
§ Mr. HoyleTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many police officers Lancashire Police Force had in each year since 2000; and how many(a) were on the front line and (b) had desk jobs in each year. [157679]
§ Ms BlearsPolice strength information is set out in the table.
Year as at 31 March Lancashire police strength 2000 3,179 2001 3,255 2002 3,304 2003 3,339 December 2003 13,549 1Record level Further information on the deployment of officers on particular duties is not available. Police officers perform a variety of roles and not all officers occupy posts devoted solely to front line or administrative duties. The Home Office will be making available later in the year an assessment of the proportion of time spent by police officers on front line activities in each force in England and Wales in 2003–04.