§ Mr. Damian GreenTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport from how many police stations the British Transport Police operate; and what the manning levels were at each station in each year since 1997. [171900]
§ Mr. McNultyThe British Transport Police (BTP) have provided the following information:
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Police station profile 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 North West Area Manchester 50 55 57 60 60 56 62 63 Manchester Airport 4 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 Preston 26 26 27 25 23 21 22 25 Carlisle 14 10 10 10 11 11 11 10 Lancaster 6 5 5 5 5 4 4 3 Liverpool 38 43 39 44 35 32 41 62 Merseyrail 35 35 38 32 37 34 26 0 Bangor 5 4 4 5 5 14 4 0 Wigan 8 11 10 10 8 9 9 10 Crewe 28 28 26 23 22 22 20 20 Scottish Area Glasgow 62 70 74 72 78 76 79 81 Dalmuir 5 5 5 5 5 6 4 5 Paisley 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 4 Kilwinning 8 8 9 9 9 9 9 9 Edinburgh 31 31 31 31 31 36 35 38 Motherwell 7 6 7 7 7 7 6 7 Aberdeen 9 9 7 7 9 8 9 8 Inverness 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 Dundee 8 8 8 8 8 7 8 8 Kirkcaldy 7 6 6 7 8 7 5 5 Perth 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Falkirk 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 South West Area Bristol 26 24 27 33 31 27 28 — Gloucester 4 4 5 3 5 4 3 — Plymouth 13 13 13 12 14 13 11 — Exeter 7 7 7 7 9 9 8 — Truro 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 — Cardiff 22 22 24 25 29 28 32 — Swansea 11 12 12 15 14 14 12 — Midland Area Birmingham 25 25 28 31 33 30 31 — Birmingham Centro 9 9 8 11 8 7 7 — Metro LRT 0 3 11 9 10 9 7 — Wolverhampton 11 12 10 10 11 8 11 — Shrewsbury 6 5 5 5 5 5 5 — Leicester 13 13 9 12 13 11 12 — Lincoln 5 5 5 5 4 5 4 — Coventry 11 9 12 12 10 11 12 — Peterborough 14 13 13 13 13 14 14 — Derby 0 0 0 0 0 9 8 — Nottingham 27 28 24 28 27 15 15 — Western Area Birmingham — — — — — — — 30 Birmingham Centro — — — — — — — 8 Metro LRT — — — — — — — 5 Wolverhampton — — — — — — — 8 Shrewsbury — — — — — — — 6 Bangor — — — — — — — 2 Leicester — — — — — — — 15 Carmarthen — — — — — — — 2 Coventry — — — — — — — 12 Derby — — — — — — — 9 Nottingham — — — — — — — 17 Bristol — — — — — — — 27 Swindon — — — — — — — 2 Gloucester — — — — — — — 2 Plymouth — — — — — — — 12 Newport — — — — — — — 1 Exeter — — — — — — — 10 Truro — — — — — — — 1 Cardiff — — — — — — — 32 Swansea — — — — — — — 12 Total Stations 76 77 77 78 74 75 76 79 Note: Midland and South Western Areas were merged to form Western Area in 2003–04.
§ Mr. Damian GreenTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many British Transport Police officers in London are(a) trained and (b) equipped to handle major terrorist biological attacks. [171903]
§ Mr. McNultyFor security reasons actual numbers of trained and equipped officers cannot be revealed. However, the BTP is currently in excess of double the target number set by the Home Office for all forces regarding numbers of officers to be trained for a chemical, biological, nuclear or radiological attack both in terms of forcewide and in London.