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      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1078514/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>The Home Office collects and publishes data annually on the primary function of police officers, broken down by Police Force Area, as part of the \u2018Police workforce, England and Wales\u2019 statistical bulletins, which can be accessed here:<\/p><p><a href=\"https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/police-workforce-england-and-wales .\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/police-workforce-england-and-wales .<\/a><\/p><p>These data include officers whose primary function is \u201cRoad Policing\u201d, and officers with multiple responsibilities are recorded under their primary function.<\/p><p>Data are collected from forces in England and Wales, and at Police Force Area level only, therefore information on the number of traffic officers in Coventry is not available, neither is the number of traffic officers for the UK.<\/p>"}
        , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/1561", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd"}
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        , "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner"}
        , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Mr Nick Hurd"}
        , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2019-03-04", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
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      , "date" : {"_value" : "2019-03-27", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
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      ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate his Department has made of the total number of traffic officers in (a) Coventry, (b) the West Midlands and (c) the UK in each year since 2010.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/308", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham"}
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      , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Mr Jim Cunningham"}
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    , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/749485", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Transport"}
      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/749485/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>The number of Highways England\u2019s Traffic Officers since 2015 is as follows:<\/p><p>2015: 1446<\/p><p>2016: 1439<\/p><p>2017: 1395<\/p><p>There has been a decrease of 51 Traffic Officers between 2015 and 2017, which equates to 3.5%.<\/p><p>The current total staff retention rate at Highways England is 92%, but they are not complacent. Their recruitment and selection process is being improved to include assessments that better reflect the role applicants would undertake as Traffic Officers to ensure it continues to keep and maintain sufficient staff numbers.<\/p>"}
        , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/3991", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Jesse Norman"}
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      , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Transport"}
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      , "date" : {"_value" : "2017-07-06", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
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      , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"}
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      ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the trend in the number of specialist road traffic officers since 2015; and what steps his Department is taking to maintain the number of specialist road traffic officers.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4046", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Bridget Phillipson"}
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    , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/746414", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Transport"}
      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/746414/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>The number of traffic officers employed by Highways England on 15 March 2017 was 1395.<\/p>"}
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      , "date" : {"_value" : "2017-06-28", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
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      ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the Answer of 18 April 2016 to Question 33760, on Highways England: staff, how many Highways England Traffic Officers were employed on 15 March 2017.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4029", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Lilian Greenwood"}
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      , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Lilian Greenwood"}
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    , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/512674", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Transport"}
      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/512674/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>The number of traffic officers employed by Highways England is shown in the table below:<\/p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Period<\/strong><\/p><\/td><td><p><strong>TOS - Grade<\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>2010<\/p><\/td><td><p><strong>1720<\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>2011<\/p><\/td><td><p><strong>1673<\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>2012<\/p><\/td><td><p><strong>1602<\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>2013<\/p><\/td><td><p><strong>1513<\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>2014<\/p><\/td><td><p><strong>1425<\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>2015<\/p><\/td><td><p><strong>1446<\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>2016<\/p><\/td><td><p><strong>1439<\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><p> <\/p><p> <\/p>"}
        , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/3996", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Andrew Jones"}
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        , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Andrew Jones"}
        , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2016-04-18", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
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      , "date" : {"_value" : "2016-04-13", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
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      , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"}
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      ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many Highways England traffic officers were employed on 15 March (a) 2016, (b) 2015, (c) 2014, (d) 2013, (e) 2012, (f) 2011 and (g) 2010.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4029", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Lilian Greenwood"}
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      , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Lilian Greenwood"}
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    , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/384769", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Transport"}
      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/384769/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>The information is as follows:-<\/p><p> <\/p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year<\/p><\/td><td><p>Staff in Traffic Officer Service<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>2010<\/p><\/td><td><p>1727<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>2011<\/p><\/td><td><p>1676<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>2012<\/p><\/td><td><p>1608<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>2013<\/p><\/td><td><p>1516<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>2014<\/p><\/td><td><p>1439<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>2015 (Highways England)<\/p><\/td><td><p>1454<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><p> <\/p><p> <\/p><p> <\/p><p> <\/p><p> <\/p><p> <\/p><p> <\/p><p> <\/p><p> <\/p><p> <\/p><p> <\/p><p>Please note we have interpreted Traffic Officer Service as Traffic Officers and support staff such as control room staff.<\/p><p> <\/p><p /> <p> <\/p><p /> <p> <\/p><p /> <p> <\/p><p /> <p> <\/p><p /> <p>Note that the decrease in the number of staff in the Traffic Officer Service reflects various organisational changes which have not impacted on the operational capability of the service: such as the introduction of Flexible Rostering into the Traffic Officer Service which has meant less staff are required to operate; and a review of the Team Manager role has lead to non-operational tasks removed from the role and posts converted into non-operational roles in Service Delivery, a department not in the Traffic Officer Service.<\/p><p /> <p> <\/p><p /> <p> <\/p><p /> <p> <\/p><p /> <p> <\/p>"}
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      ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many people were employed in the Highways Agency Traffic Officer Service in each year since 2010; and how many people are employed in the comparable section of Highways England.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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