This information is not held centrally and could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.
[holding answer 3 July 2006]: This information is not held by the Home Office. The table sets out the number of police community support officers in each London borough operational command unit on 31 March 2006 and is provided by the Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis.
Operational Command Unit Numbers at 31 March 2006 Barking & Dagenham 42 Barnet 48 Bexley 53 Brent 27 Bromley 57 Camden 55 Croydon 58 Ealing 41 Enfield 50 Greenwich 53 Hackney 51 Hammersmith & Fulham 36 Haringey 39 Harrow 36 Havering 43 Hillingdon 57 Hounslow 41 Islington 40 Kensington & Chelsea 100 Kingston-upon-Thames 34 Lambeth 75 Lewisham 49 Merton 34 Newham 82 Redbridge 46 Richmond-upon-Thames 38 Southwark 46 Sutton 43 Tower Hamlets 79 Waltham Forest 44 Wandsworth 46 Westminster 272