To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many arrestees in (a) Haltemprice and Howden, (b) the East Riding of Yorkshire and (c) the Humberside police authority area tested positive for category A and B drugs in each of the last two quarters for which figures are available. [116773]
There are currently no powers to test arrestees for class A or B drugs. Drug testing of persons in police detention (after charge) is planned to start in Kingston-upon-Hull in the Humberside police force area in the summer of 2003 as part of the initiative to introduce drug testing across the 30 Basic Command Unit (BCD) areas with the highest levels of acquisitive crime. Data analysis will be available thereafter. The police will test under powers introduced by the Criminal Justice and Court Services Act 2000, for the presence of specified Class A drugs only i.e. heroin and crack/ cocaine, those most closely associated with acquisitive crime.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many police officers per head of population were in post in Merseyside in each year since 1995. [116475]
The table sets out the ratio of police officers to the population.
Year | 1Number of population to one police officer |
March 1995 | 306 |
March 1996 | 322 |
March 1997 | 337 |
March 1998 | 337 |
March 1999 | 336 |
March 2000 | 345 |
March 2001 | 344 |
March 2002 | 340 |
September 2002 | 331 |
1 Calculations are based on Office for National Statistics (ONS) population statistics |
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many police officers and civilian support staff additional to the complement on I May 1997 have been appointed to Humberside police in each year since that date. [116594]
The information is set out in the table. Police strength details are not collected in May.
Year (at 31 March) | Police strength | Increase in strength | Civilian Support staff strength | Increase in Civilian strength |
1997 | 2,045 | 718 | — | |
1998 | 2,021 | -24 | 789 | +71 |
1999 | 1,974 | -47 | 840 | +51 |
2000 | 1,932 | -42 | 840 | — |
2001 | 1,917 | -15 | 808 | -32 |
2002 | 2,058 | +141 | 816 | +8 |
2002 (30 September) | 2,114 | +56 | Not available | — |