§ Simon HughesTo 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 BlearsThe 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.
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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.