Asked by: Lord Wasserman (Non-affiliated - Life peer)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask Her Majesty's Government what criteria they used to decide the order in which police forces in England and Wales were given permission to implement Single Online Home websites.
Answered by Baroness Williams of Trafford - Shadow Chief Whip (Lords)
27 forces are currently live on the Single Online Home (SOH):
England
Wales
24. Dyfed Powys
25. Gwent
26. North Wales
27. South Wales
Additionally, British Transport Police is also on the Single Online Home.
The Programme is regularly assessed by the Home Office for performance and assurance purposes. Through the 27 forces currently on Single Online Home, online services are available to 61% of the population in England and Wales. The platform has recorded just under 2.9 million visitors and 175,450 online reports in January 2021. In the same month, just under 418,000 visitors were redirected to relevant third-party services, providing a better service for the public to support their queries and reducing non-police demand on police forces. In a survey of users, the Single Online Home was shown to be a preferred way of contacting the police (76%) as a more relevant and convenient mean to meet the needs of the public.
All 43 forces in England and Wales have committed to onboarding the Single Online Home. Up to 10 forces will join in 2021/22 and it is expected that all forces will be on the platform by the end of March 2023.
Forces are not mandated to join the Single Online Home, but as an NPCC national programme the expectation is that all 43 forces in England and Wales will join the platform. The onboarding schedule was developed between the Digital Public Contact (DPC) Programme and forces via Statements of Intent where forces provided their commitment to join and what dates worked for them. This enabled forces to factor in other local change initiatives and resource constraints and the Programme to plan for working with different force infrastructures and developing technical fixes to ensure connectivity.
The Single Online Home already provides services to support victims in reporting crime incidents online. This includes a Domestic Abuse online reporting pilot which was launched in October last year. Designed in consultation with forces, ACC Louisa Rolfe, the NPCC Domestic Abuse Lead, and external charities, the service is victim focused and provides victims with a discrete reporting mechanism to access the support they need at a time when Covid-19 presents heightened risk. Following its success, it will now be rolled out nationally from May 2021. A pilot service of Sarah’s Law (child sex offender disclosure scheme) also went live with 6 forces on 23 February 2021 ahead of national rollout while other services due to be developed and piloted in 2021/22 include reporting of Anti-Social Behaviour, rape and sexual assaults, and bribery and corruption.
Governance is overseen by the Home Office’s Strategic Change and Investment Board (SCIB) and reporting is provided by the Digital Public Contact Programme.
Asked by: Lord Wasserman (Non-affiliated - Life peer)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask Her Majesty's Government when they expect all police forces in England and Wales to have implemented Single Online Home websites.
Answered by Baroness Williams of Trafford - Shadow Chief Whip (Lords)
27 forces are currently live on the Single Online Home (SOH):
England
Wales
24. Dyfed Powys
25. Gwent
26. North Wales
27. South Wales
Additionally, British Transport Police is also on the Single Online Home.
The Programme is regularly assessed by the Home Office for performance and assurance purposes. Through the 27 forces currently on Single Online Home, online services are available to 61% of the population in England and Wales. The platform has recorded just under 2.9 million visitors and 175,450 online reports in January 2021. In the same month, just under 418,000 visitors were redirected to relevant third-party services, providing a better service for the public to support their queries and reducing non-police demand on police forces. In a survey of users, the Single Online Home was shown to be a preferred way of contacting the police (76%) as a more relevant and convenient mean to meet the needs of the public.
All 43 forces in England and Wales have committed to onboarding the Single Online Home. Up to 10 forces will join in 2021/22 and it is expected that all forces will be on the platform by the end of March 2023.
Forces are not mandated to join the Single Online Home, but as an NPCC national programme the expectation is that all 43 forces in England and Wales will join the platform. The onboarding schedule was developed between the Digital Public Contact (DPC) Programme and forces via Statements of Intent where forces provided their commitment to join and what dates worked for them. This enabled forces to factor in other local change initiatives and resource constraints and the Programme to plan for working with different force infrastructures and developing technical fixes to ensure connectivity.
The Single Online Home already provides services to support victims in reporting crime incidents online. This includes a Domestic Abuse online reporting pilot which was launched in October last year. Designed in consultation with forces, ACC Louisa Rolfe, the NPCC Domestic Abuse Lead, and external charities, the service is victim focused and provides victims with a discrete reporting mechanism to access the support they need at a time when Covid-19 presents heightened risk. Following its success, it will now be rolled out nationally from May 2021. A pilot service of Sarah’s Law (child sex offender disclosure scheme) also went live with 6 forces on 23 February 2021 ahead of national rollout while other services due to be developed and piloted in 2021/22 include reporting of Anti-Social Behaviour, rape and sexual assaults, and bribery and corruption.
Governance is overseen by the Home Office’s Strategic Change and Investment Board (SCIB) and reporting is provided by the Digital Public Contact Programme.
Asked by: Lord Wasserman (Non-affiliated - Life peer)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask Her Majesty's Government which police forces in England and Wales have implemented Single Online Home websites; and what assessment they have made of the impact of these websites on providing the public with a consistent way of (1) engaging with their local police force, and (2) accessing police services online.
Answered by Baroness Williams of Trafford - Shadow Chief Whip (Lords)
27 forces are currently live on the Single Online Home (SOH):
England
Wales
24. Dyfed Powys
25. Gwent
26. North Wales
27. South Wales
Additionally, British Transport Police is also on the Single Online Home.
The Programme is regularly assessed by the Home Office for performance and assurance purposes. Through the 27 forces currently on Single Online Home, online services are available to 61% of the population in England and Wales. The platform has recorded just under 2.9 million visitors and 175,450 online reports in January 2021. In the same month, just under 418,000 visitors were redirected to relevant third-party services, providing a better service for the public to support their queries and reducing non-police demand on police forces. In a survey of users, the Single Online Home was shown to be a preferred way of contacting the police (76%) as a more relevant and convenient mean to meet the needs of the public.
All 43 forces in England and Wales have committed to onboarding the Single Online Home. Up to 10 forces will join in 2021/22 and it is expected that all forces will be on the platform by the end of March 2023.
Forces are not mandated to join the Single Online Home, but as an NPCC national programme the expectation is that all 43 forces in England and Wales will join the platform. The onboarding schedule was developed between the Digital Public Contact (DPC) Programme and forces via Statements of Intent where forces provided their commitment to join and what dates worked for them. This enabled forces to factor in other local change initiatives and resource constraints and the Programme to plan for working with different force infrastructures and developing technical fixes to ensure connectivity.
The Single Online Home already provides services to support victims in reporting crime incidents online. This includes a Domestic Abuse online reporting pilot which was launched in October last year. Designed in consultation with forces, ACC Louisa Rolfe, the NPCC Domestic Abuse Lead, and external charities, the service is victim focused and provides victims with a discrete reporting mechanism to access the support they need at a time when Covid-19 presents heightened risk. Following its success, it will now be rolled out nationally from May 2021. A pilot service of Sarah’s Law (child sex offender disclosure scheme) also went live with 6 forces on 23 February 2021 ahead of national rollout while other services due to be developed and piloted in 2021/22 include reporting of Anti-Social Behaviour, rape and sexual assaults, and bribery and corruption.
Governance is overseen by the Home Office’s Strategic Change and Investment Board (SCIB) and reporting is provided by the Digital Public Contact Programme.
Asked by: Lord Wasserman (Non-affiliated - Life peer)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Williams of Trafford on 11 December (HL3775), which police forces in England and Wales took part in the week of action to tackle knife crime under Operation Sceptre.
Answered by Baroness Williams of Trafford - Shadow Chief Whip (Lords)
The Government continues to encourage police forces to undertake a series of coordinated national weeks of action to tackle knife crime under Operation Sceptre
In October 2016, twenty-one police forces took part in a week of coordinated activity under Operation Sceptre. A further major operation took place in July 2017, in which 32 forces participated. The full list of participating forces are as follows:
October 2016
Avon and Somerset
Bedfordshire
British Transport Police
Cambridgeshire
City of London
Cleveland
Cumbria
Essex
Greater Manchester Police
Hertfordshire
Kent Police
Lancashire
Leicestershire
Merseyside
Metropolitan Police Service
Norfolk
Northamptonshire
North Wales
North Yorkshire
South Wales
West Midlands
July 2017
Avon and Somerset
Bedfordshire
British Transport Police
Cambridgeshire
City of London Police
Cleveland
Dorset
Dyfed Powys
Essex
Gloucestershire
Greater Manchester Police
Hampshire
Hertfordshire
Kent
Lancashire
Leicestershire
Merseyside
Metropolitan Police Service
Norfolk
North Yorkshire
Northamptonshire
Northumbria
North Wales
Nottinghamshire
South Wales
Staffordshire
Suffolk
Surrey
Sussex
Thames Valley Police
West Midlands
Wiltshire
Asked by: Lord Scriven (Liberal Democrat - Life peer)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many authorised people are licensed to access the Police National Database, broken down by organisation.
Answered by Baroness Williams of Trafford - Shadow Chief Whip (Lords)
Use of the Police National Database is limited to trained officers and staff who have specific roles, for example in Force Intelligence Bureaux. All law enforcement authorities which use PND are required to comply with the Data Protection Act 1998 and have regard to the Code of Practice for the Operation and Use of the Police National Database’ issued pursuant to the Secretary of State’s powers under section 39A of the Police Act 1996.
The statistics set out in the attached Annex below have been taken from a live operational database and they have not been audited to the level associated with ONS data. As such, numbers may change as information on that system is updated.
Annex
Management information on the number of people authorised to use PND in January 2017.
Organisation | Total |
Avon and Somerset Constabulary | 183 |
Bedfordshire Police | 100 |
British Transport Police | 111 |
Cheshire Constabulary | 116 |
City of London Police | 43 |
Cleveland Police | 123 |
Cumbria Constabulary | 87 |
Disclosure and Barring Service | 6 |
Derbyshire Constabulary | 153 |
Devon and Cornwall Police | 243 |
Dorset Police | 120 |
Durham Constabulary | 129 |
Dyfed Powys Police | 75 |
Essex Police | 243 |
Gloucestershire Constabulary | 151 |
Greater Manchester Police | 417 |
Gwent Police | 105 |
Hampshire Constabulary | 260 |
Hertfordshire Constabulary | 136 |
Home Office (PND Team) | 7 |
Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs | 18 |
Humberside Police | 133 |
Home Office (Immigration Enforcement) | 16 |
States of Jersey Police | 9 |
Kent Police | 245 |
Lancashire Constabulary | 132 |
Leicestershire Police | 191 |
Lincolnshire Police | 108 |
Merseyside Police | 279 |
Metropolitan Police Service | 1,100 |
Ministry of Defence Police | 24 |
National Crime Agency | 417 |
Norfolk Constabulary | 112 |
North Wales Police | 105 |
North Yorkshire Police | 126 |
Northamptonshire Police | 101 |
Northumbria Police | 189 |
Nottinghamshire Police | 130 |
Police Scotland | 366 |
Police Service of Northern Ireland | 134 |
South Wales Police | 151 |
South Yorkshire Police | 146 |
Service Police Crime Bureau | 15 |
Staffordshire Police | 203 |
Suffolk Constabulary | 105 |
Surrey Police | 163 |
Sussex Police | 78 |
Thames Valley Police | 350 |
Warwickshire Police | 65 |
West Mercia Police | 139 |
West Midlands Police | 687 |
West Yorkshire Police | 363 |
Wiltshire Police | 115 |
Total | 9,407 |
Asked by: Jack Dromey (Labour - Birmingham, Erdington)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 23 May 2016 to Question 37288, if she will publish statistics on how many European Arrest Warrant surrenders to and from each UK law enforcement agency of each type there have been in each region.
Answered by James Brokenshire
These statistics are provided by the National Crime Agency on their website at: http://www.nationalcrimeagency.gov.uk/publications/european-arrest-warrant-statistics However, this does not provide statistics on surrenders by law enforcement and offence - these are recorded separately.
The following figures are therefore based on surrenders to and by relevant police force areas (excluding those law enforcement agencies that sit outside of regional police force areas (i.e., British Transport Police)). This, and the fact that these figures are taken from statistics for the relevant fiscal years, rather than the calendar years, explains the slight variation from the figures previously released.
Police Force Area | Surrenders to the UK Fiscal years 2009/10 to 2015/16 |
Cleveland | 1 |
Durham | 3 |
Northumbria | 6 |
North East Region | 10 |
Cheshire | 6 |
Cumbria | 4 |
Greater Manchester | 46 |
Lancashire | 42 |
Merseyside | 43 |
North West Region | 141 |
Humberside | 9 |
North Yorkshire | 8 |
South Yorkshire | 13 |
West Yorkshire | 47 |
Yorkshire and Humber Region | 77 |
Derbyshire | 9 |
Leicestershire | 17 |
Lincolnshire | 8 |
Northamptonshire | 0 |
Nottinghamshire | 10 |
East Midlands Region | 44 |
Staffordshire | 24 |
Warwickshire | 2 |
West Mercia | 8 |
West Midlands | 25 |
West Midlands Region | 59 |
Bedfordshire | 5 |
Cambridgeshire | 4 |
Essex | 4 |
Hertfordshire | 15 |
Norfolk | 9 |
Suffolk | 10 |
East of England Region | 47 |
London, City of | 22 |
Metropolitan Police | 139 |
London Region | 161 |
Hampshire | 18 |
Kent | 28 |
Surrey | 6 |
Sussex | 28 |
Thames Valley | 18 |
South East Region | 98 |
Avon & Somerset | 22 |
Devon & Cornwall | 15 |
Dorset | 5 |
Gloucestershire | 4 |
Wiltshire | 1 |
South West Region | 47 |
Dyfed-Powys | 1 |
Gwent | 4 |
North Wales | 4 |
South Wales | 13 |
Wales | 22 |
Northern Ireland | 34 |
Northern Ireland | 34 |
TOTAL | 740 |
Police Force Area | Surrenders from the UK Fiscal years 2009/10 to 2015/16 |
Cleveland | 25 |
Durham | 29 |
Northumbria | 56 |
North East Region | 110 |
Cheshire | 103 |
Cumbria | 18 |
Greater Manchester | 268 |
Lancashire | 122 |
Merseyside | 106 |
North West Region | 617 |
Humberside | 104 |
North Yorkshire | 36 |
South Yorkshire | 136 |
West Yorkshire | 360 |
Yorkshire and Humber Region | 636 |
Derbyshire | 69 |
Leicestershire | 121 |
Lincolnshire | 163 |
Northamptonshire | 125 |
Nottinghamshire | 145 |
East Midlands Region | 623 |
Staffordshire | 70 |
Warwickshire | 42 |
West Mercia | 79 |
West Midlands | 373 |
West Midlands Region | 564 |
Bedfordshire | 129 |
Cambridgeshire | 242 |
Essex | 157 |
Hertfordshire | 85 |
Norfolk | 95 |
Suffolk | 65 |
East of England Region | 773 |
London, City of | 11 |
Metropolitan Police | 1967 |
London Region | 1978 |
Hampshire | 167 |
Kent | 277 |
Surrey | 58 |
Sussex | 172 |
Thames Valley | 273 |
South East Region | 947 |
Avon & Somerset | 128 |
Devon & Cornwall | 85 |
Dorset | 68 |
Gloucestershire | 42 |
Wiltshire | 41 |
South West Region | 364 |
Dyfed-Powys | 32 |
Gwent | 18 |
North Wales | 35 |
South Wales | 55 |
Wales | 140 |
Northern Ireland | 196 |
Northern Ireland | 196 |
TOTAL | 6948 |
Asked by: Lord Mann (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what receipts were received by each police force from the proceeds of crime in 2015.
Answered by John Hayes
More assets were taken off criminals in 2014/15 than ever before. £199 million was recovered, and hundreds of millions more was frozen and put beyond the reach of criminals. The table below shows the total receipts from cash forfeited by each police force, and receipts from confiscation orders in the financial year 1 April 2014-31 March 2015.
The table includes data for England, Wales and Northern Ireland. However, the figures for the Police Service of Northern Ireland are for cash forfeitures only, as under the devolution settlement, all confiscation receipts are retained by Northern Ireland, and the Home Office holds no data.
Police Force | Total receipts from cash forfeiture orders and confiscation orders in the year 2014-15 |
Avon & Somerset Constabulary | £1,490,611.90 |
Bedfordshire Police | £1,094,410.68 |
British Transport Police | £556,348.90 |
Cambridgeshire Constabulary | £720,660.84 |
Cheshire Constabulary | £2,484,655.12 |
City of London Police | £2,555,229.61 |
Cleveland Police | £556,308.05 |
Cumbria Constabulary | £1,135,771.58 |
Derbyshire Constabulary | £676,892.51 |
Devon & Cornwall Constabulary | £1,398,001.79 |
Dorset Police | £275,603.19 |
Durham Constabulary | £739,926.17 |
Dyfed-Powys Police | £196,955.52 |
Essex Police | £1,636,232.98 |
Gloucestershire Constabulary | £1,321,446.18 |
Greater Manchester Police | £6,823,306.05 |
Gwent Police | £755,622.39 |
Hampshire Constabulary | £1,357,509.31 |
Hertfordshire Constabulary | £1,895,544.77 |
Humberside Police | £1,009,594.15 |
Kent Police | £1,710,364.42 |
Lancashire Constabulary | £2,125,492.14 |
Leicestershire Constabulary | £1,462,857.28 |
Lincolnshire Police | £440,109.19 |
Merseyside Police | £3,971,554.79 |
Metropolitan Police Service | £23,518,346.51 |
Norfolk Constabulary | £605,485.18 |
North Wales Police | £555,579.35 |
North Yorkshire Police | £395,279.48 |
Northamptonshire Police | £1,607,162.05 |
Northumbria Police | £827,194.86 |
Nottinghamshire Police | £924,929.87 |
Police Service of Northern Ireland | £521,050.22 |
South Wales Police | £1,313,813.78 |
South Yorkshire Police | £1,666,790.98 |
Staffordshire Police | £1,099,376.89 |
Suffolk Constabulary | £939,571.40 |
Surrey Police | £1,081,929.13 |
Sussex Police | £1,089,285.30 |
Thames Valley Police | £834,890.14 |
Warwickshire Police | £263,041.41 |
West Mercia Constabulary | £698,110.14 |
West Midlands Police | £4,689,385.89 |
West Yorkshire Police | £5,062,763.87 |
Wiltshire Constabulary | £430,894.47 |
Asked by: Sadiq Khan (Labour - Tooting)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many British Transport Police officers were working night shifts in London on each day of September 2015.
Answered by Claire Perry
The table below sets out the number of British Transport Police (BTP) officers working in Greater London (all London boroughs) on 1 October in each year between 2010 and 2015:
2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 |
1,715 | 1,638 | 1,643 | 1,608 | 1,592 | 1,732 |
The table below sets out the number of officers in Greater London (all London boroughs) which were contracted to work night shifts as at 1 October in each year between 2010 and 2015:
2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 |
46 | 49 | 53 | 55 | 52 | 57 |
All BTP officers could potentially be rostered on to night shifts if necessary.
The table below sets out the number of BTP officers that were working night shifts in Greater London (all London Boroughs) on each day of September 2015:
01 September 2015 | 49 |
02 September 2015 | 62 |
03 September 2015 | 64 |
04 September 2015 | 61 |
05 September 2015 | 62 |
06 September 2015 | 59 |
07 September 2015 | 62 |
08 September 2015 | 61 |
09 September 2015 | 59 |
10 September 2015 | 57 |
11 September 2015 | 60 |
12 September 2015 | 61 |
13 September 2015 | 61 |
14 September 2015 | 57 |
15 September 2015 | 50 |
16 September 2015 | 60 |
17 September 2015 | 59 |
18 September 2015 | 59 |
19 September 2015 | 58 |
20 September 2015 | 57 |
21 September 2015 | 58 |
22 September 2015 | 57 |
23 September 2015 | 61 |
24 September 2015 | 62 |
25 September 2015 | 63 |
26 September 2015 | 60 |
27 September 2015 | 61 |
28 September 2015 | 58 |
29 September 2015 | 61 |
30 September 2015 | 55 |
It is important to note that the number of officers contracted and due to work night shifts would have increased if the night tube had not been deferred.
Asked by: Sadiq Khan (Labour - Tooting)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many British Transport Police officers in London were contracted to work night shifts as at 1 October (a) 2010, (b) 2011, (c) 2012, (d) 2013, (e) 2014 and (f) 2015.
Answered by Claire Perry
The table below sets out the number of British Transport Police (BTP) officers working in Greater London (all London boroughs) on 1 October in each year between 2010 and 2015:
2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 |
1,715 | 1,638 | 1,643 | 1,608 | 1,592 | 1,732 |
The table below sets out the number of officers in Greater London (all London boroughs) which were contracted to work night shifts as at 1 October in each year between 2010 and 2015:
2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 |
46 | 49 | 53 | 55 | 52 | 57 |
All BTP officers could potentially be rostered on to night shifts if necessary.
The table below sets out the number of BTP officers that were working night shifts in Greater London (all London Boroughs) on each day of September 2015:
01 September 2015 | 49 |
02 September 2015 | 62 |
03 September 2015 | 64 |
04 September 2015 | 61 |
05 September 2015 | 62 |
06 September 2015 | 59 |
07 September 2015 | 62 |
08 September 2015 | 61 |
09 September 2015 | 59 |
10 September 2015 | 57 |
11 September 2015 | 60 |
12 September 2015 | 61 |
13 September 2015 | 61 |
14 September 2015 | 57 |
15 September 2015 | 50 |
16 September 2015 | 60 |
17 September 2015 | 59 |
18 September 2015 | 59 |
19 September 2015 | 58 |
20 September 2015 | 57 |
21 September 2015 | 58 |
22 September 2015 | 57 |
23 September 2015 | 61 |
24 September 2015 | 62 |
25 September 2015 | 63 |
26 September 2015 | 60 |
27 September 2015 | 61 |
28 September 2015 | 58 |
29 September 2015 | 61 |
30 September 2015 | 55 |
It is important to note that the number of officers contracted and due to work night shifts would have increased if the night tube had not been deferred.
Asked by: Sadiq Khan (Labour - Tooting)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many British Transport Police officers there were in London on 1 October (a) 2010, (b) 2011, (c) 2012, (d) 2013, (e) 2014 and (f) 2015.
Answered by Claire Perry
The table below sets out the number of British Transport Police (BTP) officers working in Greater London (all London boroughs) on 1 October in each year between 2010 and 2015:
2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 |
1,715 | 1,638 | 1,643 | 1,608 | 1,592 | 1,732 |
The table below sets out the number of officers in Greater London (all London boroughs) which were contracted to work night shifts as at 1 October in each year between 2010 and 2015:
2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 |
46 | 49 | 53 | 55 | 52 | 57 |
All BTP officers could potentially be rostered on to night shifts if necessary.
The table below sets out the number of BTP officers that were working night shifts in Greater London (all London Boroughs) on each day of September 2015:
01 September 2015 | 49 |
02 September 2015 | 62 |
03 September 2015 | 64 |
04 September 2015 | 61 |
05 September 2015 | 62 |
06 September 2015 | 59 |
07 September 2015 | 62 |
08 September 2015 | 61 |
09 September 2015 | 59 |
10 September 2015 | 57 |
11 September 2015 | 60 |
12 September 2015 | 61 |
13 September 2015 | 61 |
14 September 2015 | 57 |
15 September 2015 | 50 |
16 September 2015 | 60 |
17 September 2015 | 59 |
18 September 2015 | 59 |
19 September 2015 | 58 |
20 September 2015 | 57 |
21 September 2015 | 58 |
22 September 2015 | 57 |
23 September 2015 | 61 |
24 September 2015 | 62 |
25 September 2015 | 63 |
26 September 2015 | 60 |
27 September 2015 | 61 |
28 September 2015 | 58 |
29 September 2015 | 61 |
30 September 2015 | 55 |
It is important to note that the number of officers contracted and due to work night shifts would have increased if the night tube had not been deferred.