West Midlands Police: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what percentage of police time was spent on frontline duties by West Midlands police in each year since 2003; and if he will make a statement. (140199)

[holding answer 4 June 2007]: Information on the time spent by police officers on front-line duties in the West Midlands police is set out in the following table.

	Time spent on front-line duties (percentage)
2003-04 (baseline year)	62.20
2004-05	63.60
2005-06	61.80
2007-08 (force target)	73.10

Volume 461: debated on Wednesday 6 June 2007