Community Support Officers funded by TfL
Request ID: FOI-1437-1920
Date published: 10 September 2019
You asked
Please provide the total number of officers (including Community Support Officers) and which specific units of the Metropolitan Police which are funded entirely or partially by TfL. Also, please provide me with the annual amount, starting in 2016/17 to the present, of funds the Metropolitan Police received from TfL for the provision of these officers.
My preferred response is via email, but I will also gladly accept letters to the address below. Please acknowledge my response to this information request as soon as possible.
We answered
Our ref: FOI-1437-1920/GH
Thank you for your request received by Transport for London (TfL) on 13 August 2019 asking for information about funds the Metropolitan Police received from TfL.
Your request has been considered under the requirements of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 and our information access policy. I can confirm that we do hold the information you require.
Please provide the total number of officers (including Community Support Officers) and which specific units of the Metropolitan Police which are funded entirely or partially by TfL. Also, please provide me with the annual amount, starting in 2016/17 to the present, of funds the Metropolitan Police received from TfL for the provision of these officers.
Policing numbers:
|
Rank
|
2016/17
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2017/18
|
2018/19
|
2019/20
|
|
MPS
|
Police Officers
|
957
|
936
|
936
|
936
|
|
PCSOs
|
644
|
564
|
564
|
564
|
|
Police Staff*
|
69
|
69
|
74
|
75
|
*Wider civilian or outsourced support services are covered separately, and not by dedicated resources. This is billed to TfL via the annually agreed overhead support charge on an officer per capita basis.
Under the current structure for 2019/20, TfL’s funding contributes either entirely or partially towards the following functions:
Safer Transport Teams, Roads Policing Teams, Road Danger Reduction, Commercial Vehicles, Cycle/Motorcycle Safety, Taxi & Private Hire Policing, Workplace Violence, Reassurance Tasking, Network Disruption and Senior Leadership.
Funding provided by TfL since 2016/17:
|
2016/17
|
2017/18
|
2018/19
|
2019/20
|
|
£m
|
92.8
|
93.4
|
94.3
|
92.8
|
If this is not the information you are looking for please do not hesitate to contact me.
If you are not satisfied with this response please see the attached information sheet for details of your right to appeal.
Yours sincerely
Graham Hurt
FOI Case Officer
FOI Case Management Team
General Counsel
Transport for London
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