7 Nov 2006 : Column 1404W—continued
| Special constable strength( 1 ) by police force as at 31 March 1996 to 31 March 2006 |
| | As at 31 March |
| | 1996 | 1997( 2) | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001( 3) |
|
Avon and Somerset
|
688
|
759
|
621
|
547
|
459
|
400
|
|
Bedfordshire
|
189
|
182
|
186
|
154
|
151
|
115
|
|
Cambridgeshire
|
275
|
303
|
320
|
310
|
274
|
218
|
|
Cheshire
|
274
|
475
|
459
|
407
|
350
|
290
|
|
Cleveland
|
195
|
160
|
164
|
126
|
128
|
93
|
|
Cumbria
|
201
|
189
|
198
|
204
|
176
|
156
|
|
Derbyshire
|
413
|
428
|
380
|
317
|
282
|
275
|
|
Devon and Cornwall
|
1,102
|
1,148
|
1,024
|
918
|
870
|
804
|
|
Dorset
|
254
|
289
|
315
|
305
|
298
|
267 1
|
|
Durham
|
187
|
184
|
144
|
159
|
157
|
46
|
|
Essex
|
608
|
634
|
638
|
544
|
483
|
445
|
|
Gloucestershire
|
330
|
297
|
276
|
233
|
206
|
183
|
|
Greater Manchester
|
746
|
685
|
598
|
523
|
457
|
367
|
|
Hampshire
|
564
|
621
|
698
|
760
|
615
|
462
|
|
Hertfordshire
|
315
|
297
|
306
|
238
|
216
|
198
|
|
Humberside
|
391
|
340
|
324
|
269
|
246
|
212
|
|
Kent
|
555
|
589
|
592
|
526
|
436
|
392
|
|
Lancashire
|
553
|
483
|
489
|
449
|
382
|
360
|
|
Leicestershire
|
360
|
415
|
406
|
316
|
247
|
162
|
|
Lincolnshire
|
299
|
271
|
260
|
216
|
195
|
166
|
|
London, City of
|
77
|
86
|
76
|
64
|
56
|
43
|
|
Merseyside
|
333
|
401
|
419
|
458
|
476
|
541
|
|
Metropolitan Police
|
1,850
|
1,714
|
1,282
|
1,138
|
758
|
774
|
|
Norfolk
|
319
|
402
|
337
|
336
|
285
|
259
|
|
Northamptonshire
|
289
|
316
|
288
|
230
|
199
|
188
|
|
Northumbria
|
471
|
533
|
400
|
342
|
332
|
300
|
|
North Yorkshire
|
360
|
362
|
358
|
276
|
217
|
182
|
|
Nottinghamshire
|
537
|
620
|
558
|
461
|
411
|
335
|
|
South Yorkshire
|
381
|
308
|
281
|
246
|
205
|
188
|
|
Staffordshire
|
702
|
685
|
595
|
468
|
482
|
402
|
|
Suffolk
|
407
|
379
|
397
|
420
|
391
|
349
|
|
Surrey
|
260
|
297
|
235
|
224
|
175
|
149
|
|
Sussex
|
511
|
472
|
442
|
393
|
352
|
306
|
|
Thames Valley
|
744
|
656
|
609
|
569
|
472
|
418
|
|
Warwickshire
|
340
|
381
|
345
|
261
|
260
|
221
|
|
West Mercia
|
613
|
582
|
512
|
515
|
476
|
399
|
|
West Midlands
|
897
|
945
|
889
|
731
|
680
|
617
|
|
West Yorkshire
|
709
|
690
|
589
|
559
|
484
|
415
|
|
Wiltshire
|
233
|
154
|
149
|
184
|
173
|
152
|
|
Dyfed-Powys
|
314
|
283
|
254
|
237
|
202
|
191
|
|
Gwent
|
136
|
157
|
119
|
113
|
119
|
137
|
|
North Wales
|
332
|
341
|
358
|
400
|
247
|
207
|
|
South Wales
|
461
|
361
|
366
|
338
|
267
|
254
|
|
Total England and Wales
|
19,775
|
19,874
|
18,256
|
16,484
|
14,347
|
12,738
|
