§ John ThursoTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many(a) traffic enforcement officers, (b) traffic wardens and (c) council parking attendants were operating in each police authority area in each year since 1999–2000. [163130]
§ Caroline FlintThere is no group specifically designated as traffic enforcement officers. Provision for Highways Agency traffic officers is included in the Traffic Management Bill currently before Parliament.
The number of traffic wardens employed by each of the police authorities in England and Wales for the last four years is given in the table attached.
No record is kept centrally of the number of parking attendants employed by local authorities or by contractors who carry out enforcement on their behalf.
Selected Indicators Traffic Wardens Values 1999–00 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 Forces Avon and Somerset 59 48 44 43 Bedfordshire 9 3 3 2 Cambridgeshire 35 38 36 35 Cheshire 25 20 20 19 City of London 0 0 0 0 Cleveland 13 10 12 7 Cumbria 6 0 0 0 Derbyshire 50 44 50 48 Devon and Cornwall 119 110 101 103 Dorset 41 37 12 0 Durham 22 19 19 15 Dyfed-Powys 14 15 12 13 Essex 102 82 59 38 Gloucestershire 35 30 30 31 Greater Manchester 96 88 87 88 Gwent 30 28 28 27 Hampshire 53 53 31 25 Hertfordshire 38 45 42 35 Humberside 53 51 51 48 Kent 1 0 0 0 Lancashire 94 87 84 50 Leicestershire 67 65 72 61 Lincolnshire 20 21 21 21 Merseyside 106 93 63 52 Metropolitan Police 817 689 632 687 Norfolk 37 33 34 33 Northamptonshire 16 11 7 7 Northumbria 70 72 71 59 North Wales 12 12 8 7 North Yorkshire 19 12 10 0 Nottinghamshire 58 39 30 29 South Wales 100 104 100 99 South Yorkshire 62 71 77 68 Staffordshire 24 17 12 10 Suffolk 31 29 29 25 Surrey 16 25 20 17 Sussex 110 98 62 61 Thames Valley 58 45 51 42 Warwickshire 8 9 9 9 West Mercia 30 23 21 15 West Midlands 175 128 78 74 West Yorkshire 116 107 99 98 Wiltshire 15 7 7 7
§ Mr. Liddell-GraingerTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many traffic wardens there are in(a) Avon and Somerset and (b)Devon and Cornwall. [161863]
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§ Caroline FlintThe number of traffic wardens employed by the police authorities in(a) Avon and Somerset and (b) Devon and Cornwall for the financial year 2002 to 2003 were 43 and 103 respectively.
Under the provisions of the Road Traffic Act 1991, local authorities can apply for parking restrictions in their areas to be decriminalised and enforced by the authority under civil law. Many have now done so and this has led to a marked decline in traffic warden numbers. In Avon and Somerset the local authorities for Bath & NE Somerset, Taunton Deane, and Bristol now have decriminalised parking enforcement (DPE) schemes. In Devon and Cornwall only Plymouth local authority is covered by DPE powers.