Greg Mulholland-Working Hard For Leeds North WestMULHOLLAND COMMENDS WEST YORKSHIRE POLICE'S COMMITMENT TO FRONTLINE POLICING
August 21, 2008 11:00 AM
Local MP Greg Mulholland has congratulated West Yorkshire Police after it was revealed that their officers spend over 70% of their time on the front line, more than any other police force in the country.
The figures were revealed in answer to a Parliamentary Question to the Home Office by David Ruffley MP, and show that West Yorkshire Police have increased their time spent on the streets from 62.2% to 76% over the past 3 years.
Mulholland commented:
"Police officers should not be stuck behind a desk doing paperwork, they should be out actually tackling crime and providing a visible presence in the community.
"West Yorkshire Police should be highly commended for placing a commitment to frontline policing at the very heart of their approach.
"It can only be reassuring to local people, who want to feel safe on our streets and know that they can receive assistance quickly in times of need. I hope that it will continue long into the future."
ENDS
Notes to editors:
1. Statistics were received in answer to a Written Parliamentary Question from David Ruffley MP. The full answer can be found below. The response from West Yorkshire Police can be found here: http://www.westyorkshire.police.uk/section-item.asp?sid=12&iid=5447
Police: Bureaucracy
Mr. Ruffley: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what percentage of time police officers spent on frontline policing duties in each police force in each year since 2001. [219117]
Mr. McNulty: The information is set out in the following table has only been collected since 2003-04. The frontline policing measure does not cover a range of essential, but not frontline activities, including time spent at court, crime prevention activities, custody duties, operational planning, call handling duties or time spent on non-incident related paperwork.
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Time spent on front-line policing 2003-04 to 2006-07
Front line policing
Baseline year 2003-04
2004-05
2005-06
2006-07
Avon and Somerset
57.7
59.0
63.4
58.0
Bedfordshire
63.2
63.3
62.1
66.2
Cambridgeshire
61.1
60.3
70.7
63.0
Cheshire
63.2
57.7
64.6
63.6
City of London
64.7
63.1
69.1
70.6
Cleveland
58.5
53.6
55.2
56.1
Cumbria
59.9
61.0
59.1
61.9
Derbyshire
61.6
62.5
70.3
71.2
Devon and Cornwall
67.1
64.0
63.1
60.8
Dorset
67.8
68.2
68.5
69.4
Durham
60.7
59.0
59.5
57.8
Dyfed-Powys
65.1
64.1
63.3
62.2
Essex
56.8
60.9
62.9
64.8
Gloucestershire
64.6
68.1
66.5
67.8
Greater Manchester
63.7
61.1
61.2
58.6
Gwent
49.4
65.1
60.2
67.7
Hampshire
65.7
67.0
67.3
67.9
Hertfordshire
60.4
62.9
64.5
65.9
Humberside
57.6
57.3
56.4
65.9
Kent
58.8
66.4
67.6
70.1
Lancashire
62.2
64.3
62.4
63.4
Leicestershire
60.4
60.8
67.8
70.1
Lincolnshire
55.3
64.4
66.5
63.8
Merseyside
55.1
51.5
61.4
62.9
Metropolitan Police
65.0
62.4
61.9
61.7
Norfolk
61.0
62.9
66.8
65.9
North Wales
63.9
63.4
63.9
63.9
North Yorkshire
63.0
64.1
66.7
61.1
Northamptonshire
64.0
60.2
65.4
64.3
Northumbria
57.1
61.8
62.6
66.4
Nottinghamshire
59.5
57.6
59.6
63.9
South Wales
60.5
62.0
60.9
60.7
South Yorkshire
60.4
64.9
67.1
68.8
Staffordshire
59.2
61.5
66.7
73.1
Suffolk
62.9
60.6
59.5
66.2
Surrey
61.0
62.2
63.0
64.9
Sussex
60.9
60.6
61.6
61.1
Thames Valley
59.5
59.8
66.1
64.0
Warwickshire
64.7
66.3
65.9
63.9
West Mercia
63.6
62.8
64.5
64.3
West Midlands
62.2
63.6
61.8
64.7
West Yorkshire
62.2
67.4
70.6
76.0
Wiltshire
62.3
63.3
63.8
66.7
England and Wales
62.0
62.3
63.6
64.2
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