Question to the Home Office:

To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Hanson of Flint on 25 February (HL14520), what assessment they have made of the utilisation of police community support officers and other publicly employed wardens to supplement enforcement of moving traffic; and what steps they are taking to promote this utilisation to Chief Constables.

Decisions on how community support officers are designated with powers for traffic enforcement is an operational matter for chief officers. Chief Officers will take decisions with consideration for local policing plans.

Other enforcement officers, including wardens and civil enforcement officers, are employed by local authorities and public bodies to support the management and enforcement of traffic in England and Wales, under civil or limited statutory powers.

The Home Office does not collect data on the utilisation of such powers.