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• Reference: 2001/0008-1
• Question by: Andrew Pelling
• Meeting date: 01 January 2001

Are there any lessons that can be learned for London from the TravelSafe programme in Merseyside ? .

• Reference: 2001/0009-1
• Question by: Andrew Pelling
• Meeting date: 01 January 2001

Please could you outline the provision of police aviation in the capital .

• Reference: 2001/0010-1
• Question by: Andrew Pelling
• Meeting date: 01 January 2001

Please could you detail for each of the last three months the number of trainee entrants to Hendon and the number of entrants who have dropped out of the training.

• Reference: 2001/0011-1
• Question by: Andrew Pelling
• Meeting date: 01 January 2001

Please detail for each of the last six months the number of resignations by officers and by civil staff from the service.

• Reference: 2001/0012-1
• Question by: Andrew Pelling
• Meeting date: 01 January 2001

What is your perception as to how the employment of Mr. Vincent to undertake a training course for chief superintendents entitled 'The Magic of Networking' has gone down with police officers on the beat ? .

• Question by: Andrew Pelling
• Meeting date: 01 January 2001

Andrew Pelling: Thank you very much. I think that Toby's irony unfortunately is misplaced and misjudged because quite clearly it was an important issue for Croydon and remains one, bearing in mind the difficulties that the traffic police will have in servicing an area all the way across to Cheam from Catford when it takes half-an-hour for a car on a blue light to be able to reach an incident. So, it is not a matter for irony, although I am glad to say that the calibre of the letter that I received from the Commander explaining the reasons for...

• Question by: Andrew Pelling
• Meeting date: 01 January 2001

• Question by: Andrew Pelling
• Meeting date: 01 January 2001

Thank you very much. I think that Toby's irony unfortunately is misplaced and misjudged because quite clearly it was an important issue for Croydon and remains one, bearing in mind the difficulties that the traffic police will have in servicing an area all the way across to Cheam from Catford when it takes half-an-hour for a car on a blue light to be able to reach an incident. So, it is not a matter for irony, although I am glad to say that the calibre of the letter that I received from the Commander explaining the reasons for the closure...

• Question by: Andrew Pelling
• Meeting date: 01 January 2001

I appreciate the point that the traffic police service is now of a reduced size that means that economies of scale mean there will be a concentration in terms of the number of garages. But, nevertheless, I think that it has to be recognised that there is a loss of flexibility when there is a concentration in the number of traffic garages. And certainly, once again, I must say I regard it as most inappropriate to regard the question and answer as being a joke. But can I ask on the consultation on the resourcing, which I welcome and particularly...

• Question by: Andrew Pelling
• Meeting date: 01 January 2001

I hope your particular brand of ironic wit will not exacerbate any concerns of those who lose out from the formula when it comes about. As regards the formula itself, would there be a particular value in including one particular element of the formula which could be regarded as being predictive in terms of demands upon the police service, and that is to look at the different demographic shares that different boroughs have in numbers of young people within that population? Would that be a useful formula to consider within the resource allocation formula?