The aviation industry operates in the private sector, therefore it is the responsibility of the industry to manage demand, recruit and roster staff and have appropriate mitigations in place.<\/p>
The Secretary of State and Minister for Aviation have made clear to the industry that the level of disruption that aviation passengers have faced is unacceptable and cannot be repeated.<\/p>
Since the beginning of the year, Ministers and Officials have and will continue to extensively engage with the sector to gain a greater understanding of the issues facing the industry. We have taken action in a range of areas, including security alleviations, skills, recruitment and consumer rights to support the aviation industry. On 21 June the Government laid regulations before Parliament that will give airlines a one-off \u201camnesty\u201d on airport slots rules, allowing them to hand back slots ahead of the summer peak. This will give airlines a short window to hand back slots for the rest of the summer season that they are not confident they will be able to operate.<\/p>
The Department has established a Strategic Risk Group that meets weekly and Chaired by the Aviation Minister and attended by industry CEOs. This group holds industry to account for delivering a robust service working jointly with them were appropriate to deliver solutions. In support there is a senior officials Summer Resilience Group chaired by DfT with Home Office and industry operational leaders, and a Task and Finish group to support information and communications for consumers.<\/p>
The Aviation Minister also regularly engages with Minister Hinds, Minister of State and Security to address possible issues at the border, jointly hosting an aviation industry roundtable 12 May providing industry with a comprehensive update from Border Force on their preparations.<\/p>
The Department and Civil Aviation Authority jointly wrote to the aviation industry 14 June to outline the five priorities for minimising further disruption over the summer. These being that airlines must review schedules to make sure that they are deliverable, that everyone in the sector must collaborate on resilience planning, that passengers are informed of their consumer rights and if necessary compensated in good time, that assistance to disabled and less mobile passengers is to a high standard and that safety and security must never be compromised.<\/p>
The Department recognises that there are always significant numbers of passengers at peak time departing from Dover by ferry to the Continent and Officials continue to work closely with the Port of Dover and the ferry operators to ensure that passengers face minimal delays in boarding, as well as with the Kent Resilience Forum planning in order to ensure that the right traffic management arrangements are applied.<\/p>"} , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4580", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Baroness Vere of Norbiton"} } , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Baroness Vere of Norbiton"} , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2022-06-29", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2022-06-29T14:22:15.807Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ]} , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "27"} , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Transport"} , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Transport"} , "date" : {"_value" : "2022-06-15", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Airports and Ports: Standards"} , "houseId" : {"_value" : "2"} , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25277", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Lords"} } ], "questionText" : "To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the delays and cancellations experienced by passengers at (1) airports, and (2) ports, in the UK.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4303", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Baroness Kennedy of Cradley"} } , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Baroness Kennedy of Cradley"} ], "uin" : "HL996"} , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1332169", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Home Office"} ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1332169/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "
The Home Office collects and publishes data on the size and composition of the police workforce in England and Wales on a biannual basis in the \u2018Police workforce, England and Wales\u2019 statistical bulletin, available here: Police workforce England and Wales statistics - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)<\/p>
The latest officer numbers were released in the publication covering the situation as at 30 September 2020. Data covering the situation as at 31 March 2020 and previous years are available in open data format here: Police workforce open data tables - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)<\/p>
Total officer numbers are collected and published twice each year covering the situation as at 31 March and 30 September. Data covering officer rank, however, is collected only once and covers the situation as at 31 March.<\/p>
The number of police constables (full time-equivalent, FTE) in the 43 territorial England and Wales forces as at 31 March 2020 is provided in the table below:<\/p>
Constables, England and Wales Force<\/strong><\/p><\/td> Constables<\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr> Avon & Somerset<\/p><\/td> 2,197<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Bedfordshire<\/p><\/td> 998<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Cambridgeshire<\/p><\/td> 1,249<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Cheshire<\/p><\/td> 1,622<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Cleveland<\/p><\/td> 1,053<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Cumbria<\/p><\/td> 939<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Derbyshire<\/p><\/td> 1,472<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Devon & Cornwall<\/p><\/td> 2,328<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Dorset<\/p><\/td> 917<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Durham<\/p><\/td> 876<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Dyfed-Powys<\/p><\/td> 843<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Essex<\/p><\/td> 2,647<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Gloucestershire<\/p><\/td> 896<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Greater Manchester<\/p><\/td> 5,329<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Gwent<\/p><\/td> 1,031<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Hampshire<\/p><\/td> 2,058<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Hertfordshire<\/p><\/td> 1,628<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Humberside<\/p><\/td> 1,549<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Kent<\/p><\/td> 2,985<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Lancashire<\/p><\/td> 2,320<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Leicestershire<\/p><\/td> 1,521<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Lincolnshire<\/p><\/td> 774<\/p><\/td><\/tr> London, City of<\/p><\/td> 547<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Merseyside<\/p><\/td> 2,851<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Metropolitan Police<\/p><\/td> 26,077<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Norfolk<\/p><\/td> 1,275<\/p><\/td><\/tr> North Wales<\/p><\/td> 1,143<\/p><\/td><\/tr> North Yorkshire<\/p><\/td> 1,117<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Northamptonshire<\/p><\/td> 962<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Northumbria<\/p><\/td> 2,481<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Nottinghamshire<\/p><\/td> 1,635<\/p><\/td><\/tr> South Wales<\/p><\/td> 2,262<\/p><\/td><\/tr> South Yorkshire<\/p><\/td> 1,898<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Staffordshire<\/p><\/td> 1,291<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Suffolk<\/p><\/td> 956<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Surrey<\/p><\/td> 1,441<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Sussex<\/p><\/td> 2,150<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Thames Valley<\/p><\/td> 3,337<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Warwickshire<\/p><\/td> 801<\/p><\/td><\/tr> West Mercia<\/p><\/td> 1,717<\/p><\/td><\/tr> West Midlands<\/p><\/td> 5,120<\/p><\/td><\/tr> West Yorkshire<\/p><\/td> 4,363<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Wiltshire<\/p><\/td> 758<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Total<\/strong><\/p><\/td> 101,415 <\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table> While the \u2018Police workforce, England and Wales\u2019 statistical bulletin remains the key measure of the size of the police workforce, as part of the Police Officer Uplift Programme, the Home Office also publishes a quarterly update on the number of officers (headcount) in England and Wales. Data are available here: https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/police-officer-uplift-statistics<\/p>"}
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