HC Deb 23 March 2004 vol 419 cc792-4W
Simon Hughes

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department which of London's boroughs run neighbourhood warden schemes; how many wardens were employed in each of these boroughs at the latest date for which figures are available; how many boroughs directly(a) fund and (b) employ police community support officers (PCSOs); how many PCSOs each of these boroughs (i) funded and (ii) employed at the latest date for which figures are available; how many run a community safety accreditation scheme; and if he will make a statement. [162358]

Ms Blears

The following table shows London boroughs which have warden schemes funded by the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister's Neighbourhood Wardens Team and the number of wardens the council employs:

Borough No. of Wardens
Barking and Dagenham 4
Barnet 12
Brent 9
Camden 15
City of Westminster 18
Croydon 12
Ealing 8
Greenwich 10
Hackney 25
Hammersmith and Fulham 6
Haringey 14
Harrow 6
Havering 8
Hounslow 7
Islington 28
Kingston upon Thames 3
Lambeth 12
Lewisham 27
Merton 8
Newham 12
Redbridge 5
Southwark 27
Sutton 4
Tower Hamlets 29
Waltham Forest 10
Wandsworth 23

We are unable to supply figures for other types of warden schemes or warden numbers in London as this data is not collected.

Community Support Officers (CSOs), as defined by the Police Reform Act 2002, are all employees of the local Police Authority. In London and elsewhere local authorities have contributed to the funding of CSOs but they cannot employ them.

The Commissioner for the Metropolis informs me that the following Boroughs operate additional CSOs funded through Special Services Agreements under section 25 of the Police Act 1996.

Borough No of CSOs
Camden 2
Greenwich 5
Hammersmith and Fulham 2
Borough No of CSOs
Hillingdon 7
Islington 4
Kensington and Chelsea 12
Tower Hamlets 8

At present the Metropolitan Police Service has no agreement with any of the London boroughs to accredit their staff under a community safety accreditation scheme.

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