asked Her Majesty's Government:Further to the Written Answer by the Lord Bassam of Brighton on 3 February
(WA 48), whether they will list for each police force the number of recruits whom it had planned to recruit over each of the next three years from April 2000 before the grant of money from the Crime Fighting Fund was announced. [HL1040]
In their bids for a share of the recruitment scheme of the Crime Fighting Fund, forces provided information on their planned recruitment over the next three years. The table shows the projected appointments on probation, excluding transfers in from other forces. Actual recruitment levels will depend on the chief officer's decisions in the light of the available resources—including the outcome of the 2000 Spending Review now under way.
| Projected Appointments on Probation | ||||
| Force | 2000–01 | 2001–02 | 2002–03 | Total |
| Avon & Somerset | 65 | 80 | 80 | 225 |
| Bedfordshire | 52 | 52 | 52 | 156 |
| Cambridgeshire | 101 | 52 | 47 | 200 |
| Cheshire | 70 | 76 | 73 | 219 |
| City of London | 50 | 52 | 52 | 154 |
| Cleveland | 59 | 51 | 47 | 157 |
| Cumbria | 5 | 60 | 60 | 125 |
| Derbyshire | 36 | 60 | 48 | 144 |
| Devon & Cornwall | 88 | 48 | 70 | 206 |
| Dorset | 42 | 36 | 31 | 109 |
| Durham | 46 | 53 | 51 | 150 |
| Dyfed-Powys | 34 | 36 | 14 | 104 |
| Essex | 200 | 113 | 115 | 428 |
| Gloucestershire | 90 | 70 | 70 | 230 |
| Greater Manchester | 244 | 279 | 257 | 780 |
| Gwent | 0 | 74 | 51 | 125 |
| Hampshire | 170 | 152 | 170 | 492 |
| Hertfordshire | 114 | 12S | 116 | 358 |
| Humberside | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kent | 145 | 60 | 139 | 344 |
| Lancashire | 80 | 80 | 80 | 240 |
| Leicestershire | 71 | 83 | 94 | 248 |
| Lincolnshire | 55 | 55 | 45 | 155 |
| Merseyside | 40 | 40 | 40 | 120 |
| Metropolitan | 692 | 346 | 600 | 1,638 |
| Norfolk | 20 | 31 | 29 | 80 |
| North Wales | 57 | 57 | 57 | 171 |
| North Yorkshire | 60 | 63 | 60 | 183 |
| Northamptonshire | 27 | 37 | 40 | 104 |
| Projected Appointments on Probation | ||||
| Force | 2000–01 | 2001–02 | 2002–03 | Total |
| Northumbria | 154 | 137 | 134 | 425 |
| Nottinghamshire | 87 | 73 | 73 | 233 |
| South Wales | 192 | 162 | 162 | 516 |
| South Yorkshire | 80 | 80 | 80 | 240 |
| Staffordshire | 11 | 34 | 68 | 113 |
| Suffolk | 16 | 36 | 55 | 107 |
| Surrey | 145 | 212 | 100 | 457 |
| Sussex | 160 | 160 | 160 | 480 |
| Thames Valley | 180 | 175 | 166 | 521 |
Projected Appointments on Probation
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Force
| 2000–01
| 2001–02
| 2002–03
| Total
|
| Warwickshire | 48 | 48 | 48 | 144 |
| West Mercia1 | 66 | 50 | 90 | 206 |
| West Midlands | 330 | 330 | 330 | 990 |
| West Yorkshire | 105 | 105 | 105 | 315 |
| Wiltshire | 28 | 27 | 31 | 86 |
| Total | 4,315 | 3,953 | 4,210 | 12,478 |
1 West Mercia uncertain about level of budget: 31 or 66 will be recruited in 2000–01. | ||||