7 Nov 2006 : Column 1404W—continued
—continued
| | As at 31 March |
| | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 |
|
Avon and Somerset
|
364
|
345
|
305
|
396
|
408
|
|
Bedfordshire
|
118
|
98
|
146
|
209
|
181
|
|
Cambridgeshire
|
207
|
189
|
193
|
199
|
185
|
7 Nov 2006 : Column 1405W
7 Nov 2006 : Column 1406W
|
Cheshire
|
191
|
161
|
173
|
192
|
225
|
|
Cleveland
|
85
|
102
|
85
|
66
|
138
|
|
Cumbria
|
102
|
94
|
77
|
126
|
152
|
|
Derbyshire
|
260
|
249
|
301
|
369
|
429
|
|
Devon and Cornwall
|
689
|
645
|
602
|
582
|
572
|
|
Dorset
|
253
|
214
|
210
|
230
|
264
|
|
Durham
|
134
|
94
|
81
|
91
|
109
|
|
Essex
|
381
|
371
|
349
|
363
|
439
|
|
Gloucestershire
|
154
|
157
|
155
|
146
|
157
|
|
Greater Manchester
|
338
|
340
|
345
|
380
|
424
|
|
Hampshire
|
444
|
373
|
346
|
369
|
388
|
|
Hertfordshire
|
206
|
193
|
206
|
226
|
232
|
|
Humberside
|
207
|
157
|
209
|
328
|
330
|
|
Kent
|
327
|
286
|
341
|
338
|
306
|
|
Lancashire
|
363
|
351
|
336
|
319
|
366
|
|
Leicestershire
|
143
|
149
|
159
|
181
|
168
|
|
Lincolnshire
|
155
|
139
|
156
|
179
|
166
|
|
London, City of
|
36
|
42
|
54
|
52
|
70
|
|
Merseyside
|
468
|
503
|
371
|
259
|
345
|
|
Metropolitan Police
|
680
|
692
|
742
|
697
|
1,221
|
|
Norfolk
|
244
|
239
|
241
|
253
|
262
|
|
Northamptonshire
|
177
|
189
|
197
|
242
|
237
|
|
Northumbria
|
256
|
221
|
169
|
240
|
198
|
|
North Yorkshire
|
185
|
177
|
160
|
173
|
189
|
|
Nottinghamshire
|
341
|
261
|
295
|
333
|
361
|
|
South Yorkshire
|
206
|
204
|
200
|
204
|
270
|
|
Staffordshire
|
384
|
391
|
376
|
409
|
406
|
|
Suffolk
|
308
|
275
|
266
|
267
|
293
|
|
Surrey
|
187
|
212
|
255
|
289
|
280
|
|
Sussex
|
306
|
303
|
181
|
200
|
197
|
|
Thames Valley
|
356
|
369
|
341
|
375
|
327
|
|
Warwickshire
|
209
|
190
|
169
|
190
|
211
|
|
West Mercia
|
339
|
309
|
280
|
263
|
284
|
|
West Midlands
|
598
|
637
|
715
|
959
|
1,021
|
|
West Yorkshire
|
349
|
374
|
403
|
417
|
440
|
|
Wiltshire
|
147
|
154
|
169
|
174
|
180
|
|
Dyfed-Powys
|
157
|
152
|
151
|
167
|
194
|
|
Gwent
|
142
|
130
|
136
|
144
|
137
|
|
North Wales
|
125
|
133
|
124
|
124
|
136
|
|
South Wales
|
277
|
173
|
218
|
198
|
281
|
|
Total England and Wales
|
11,598
|
11,037
|
10,988
|
11,918
|
13,179
|
(1) Total strength is based on headcount figures. (2 )Boundary changes on 1 April 1996 transferred resources for the policing of the Rhmney Valley from South Wales police to Gwent police. (3) Boundary changes on 1 April 2000 transferred some resources from the Metropolitan police to Essex, Hertfordshire and Surrey police forces.
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