HL Deb 29 March 2004 vol 659 cc129-30WA
Lord Lester of Herne Hill

asked Her Majesty's Government:

Whether they will reconsider each of the recent recommendations put forward in the report of the

Police Officer Strength in England and Wales
March 1997 March 1998 March 1999 March 2000 March 2001 March 2002 March 2003 December 2003
Avon and Somerset 2,989 2,976 2,999 2,934 2,994 3,096 3,149 3,371
Bedfordshire 1,094 1,079 1,041 1,028 1,036 1,069 1,106 1,166
Cambridgeshire 1,302 1,291 1,274 1,237 1,296 1,362 1,384 1,413
Cheshire 2,048 2,042 2,071 2,011 2,002 2,059 2,119 2,194
Cleveland 1,459 1,483 1,416 1,404 1,407 1,461 1,582 1,630
Cumbria 1,144 1,164 1,126 1,084 1,048 1,100 1,140 1,193
Derbyshire 1,791 1,772 1,759 1,777 1,823 1,848 2,003 2,075
Devon and Cornwall 2,865 2,962 2,887 2,841 2,934 3,053 3,202 3,279
Dorset 1,284 1,310 1,279 1,306 1,354 1,381 1,416 1,425
Durham 1,461 1,515 1,568 1,558 1,595 1,614 1,651 1,685
Essex 2,961 2,928 2,891 2,806 2,897 2,946 2,989 3,110
Gloucestershire 1,133 1,104 1,104 1,114 1,173 1,183 1,227 1,236
Greater Manchester 6,922 6,949 6,810 6,795 6,909 7,217 7,343 7,770
Hampshire 3,452 3,490 3,473 3,419 3,438 3,480 3,668 3,728
Hertfordshire 1,759 1,740 1,724 1,767 1,992 1,825 1,957 2,067
Humberside 2,045 2,021 1,974 1,932 1,917 2,058 2,105 2,207
Kent 3,260 3,251 3,201 3,204 3,319 3,355 3,487 3,552
Lancashire 3,247 3,257 3,245 3,179 3,255 3,304 3,339 3,549
Leicestershire 1,949 1,983 1,993 1,993 2,032 2,100 2,114 2,201
Lincolnshire 1,196 1,191 1,140 1,115 1,202 1,198 1,221 1,209
City of London 859 825 778 732 703 764 808 842
Merseyside 4,230 4,216 4,211 4,085 4,081 4,125 4,099 4,139
Metropolitan Police 26,677 26,094 26,073 25,485 24,878 26,223 27,984 29,441
Norfolk 1,432 1,430 1,381 1,381 1,420 1,468 1,499 1,504
Northamptonshire 1,177 1,169 1,137 1,117 1,157 1,214 1,210 1,234
Northumbria 3,677 3,769 3,840 3,788 3,857 3,929 3,943 4,048
North Yorkshire 1,338 1,367 1,337 1,283 1,305 1,417 1,444 1,494
Nottinghamshire 2,323 2,323 2,225 2,204 2,275 2,330 2,411 2,487
South Yorkshire 3,159 3,182 3,168 3,163 3,197 3,199 3,183 3,257
Staffordshire 2,211 2,292 2,238 2,170 2,129 2,133 2,202 2,253

Privy Counsellor Review Committee on the Antiterrorism, Crime and Security Act 2001, notwithstanding the views expressed by the Government in their discussion paper on counterterrorism and liberty in an open society. [HL1901]

The Minister of State, Home Office (Baroness Scotland of Asthal)

Part two of the discussion paper,Counter-terrorism Powers: Reconciling Security and Liberty in an Open Society, published on 25 February, gave the Government's response to the individual recommendations made by the Privy Counsellor Review Committee.

There are areas raised within the review which we are still considering. These include the use of intercept evidence and the broader debate that we have stimulated on the ATCS Act Part 4 powers.