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Ambulance Dispute

01 January 1991

Ambulance Dispute

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House of Commons written answer 14.12.89 Col.785



Mr. Spearing: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department

if he will initiate an inquiry into level of stress on police now engaged

in ambulance work and it effects on their future efficiency as police

officers.



Mr. Peter Lloyd: We have no plans to do so.



Mr. Corbyn: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department

what assessment he has made of the cost i police time and resources, for

each police authority area, of the ambulance dispute since September.



Mr. Peter Lloyd: The readily available information is that up to 8

December police forces had provided about the number of man hours shown in

the table in assisting the ambulance service in their areas.



Approximate number of man hours



Number



West Midlands 8,200

Bedfordshire 5,900

Lincolnshire 1,500

Dorset 650

Derbyshire 6,800

Hampshire 3,500

Hertfordshire 12,200

South Yorkshire 4,400

West Yorkshire 570

Warwickshire 460

Surrey 450



For the Metropolitan police district I would refer the

hon. Member to the answer I have given him today in reply to

another question.



Mr. Corbyn: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home

Department what is the total number of police, per day, by

Metropolitan police division, employed on ambulance duties

since September.



Mr. Peter Lloyd: I understand that in the Metropolitan

police district from 8 November to 12 December the approximate

number of police officers by area employed on duties assisting

the ambulance service in each 24-hour period has been as

follows:



Approximate number of officers



Area Number



1 72

2 44

3 64

4 40

5 60

6 72

7 74

8 34



TOTAL 460



On each of 23 and 24 October the total was about 670

and on 7 November the total was about 830.