Police

Mr. Flook
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list the targets on which basic command units in each constabulary are assessed on a (a) quarterly and (b) annual basis. [124433]

Ms Blears
The Home Office have not asked basic command units to set crime reduction targets. All police authorities have set targets for the reduction of vehicle crime and domestic burglary. In addition, the 10 police authorities involved in the street crime initiative have been asked to set targets for the reduction of robbery.It is for individual police authorities and forces to decide whether they would like their basic command units to set targets.

Mr. Allen
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many police forces in England are smaller than the City of Nottingham Division of the Nottinghamshire Constabulary. [124997]

Ms Blears
Information provided in June last year by the Chief Constable of Nottinghamshire Police, Mr. Stephen Green QPM, showed that Nottingham--------------------
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|Bedfordshire      |
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|Cambridgeshire    |
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|Cheshire          |
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|Cleveland         |
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|Cumbria           |
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|Derbyshire        |
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|Devon and Cornwall|
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City Division had 789 police officers. Only the City of London Police force was smaller with 764 officers in March 2002.