7 Nov 2006 : Column 1406W—continued
| Police community support officer strength( 1) (FTE)( 2) by police force as at 31 March 2003 to 31 March 2006( 3) |
| | As at 31 March each year |
|
Police force
|
2003
|
2004
|
2005(4)
|
2006(4)
|
|
Avon and Somerset
|
0
|
45
|
139
|
130
|
|
Bedfordshire
|
0
|
12
|
40
|
41
|
|
Cambridgeshire
|
6
|
57
|
86
|
101
|
|
Cheshire
|
2
|
50
|
52
|
75
|
|
Cleveland
|
37
|
77
|
75
|
100
|
|
Cumbria
|
0
|
0
|
17
|
17
|
|
Derbyshire
|
0
|
0
|
43
|
42
|
|
Devon and Cornwall
|
19
|
51
|
74
|
74
|
|
Dorset
|
6
|
8
|
47
|
61
|
|
Durham
|
10
|
28
|
69
|
67
|
|
Essex
|
10
|
86
|
179
|
192
|
|
Gloucestershire
|
0
|
54
|
72
|
72
|
|
Greater Manchester
|
160
|
173
|
269
|
251
|
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|
Hampshire
|
0
|
0
|
26
|
30
|
|
Hertfordshire
|
14
|
46
|
98
|
139
|
|
Humberside
|
0
|
0
|
20
|
20
|
|
Kent
|
0
|
59
|
105
|
97
|
|
Lancashire
|
77
|
110
|
161
|
184
|
|
Leicestershire
|
28
|
41
|
103
|
136
|
|
Lincolnshire
|
29
|
38
|
75
|
78
|
|
London, City of
|
0
|
0
|
14
|
11
|
|
Merseyside
|
40
|
72
|
170
|
196
|
|
Metropolitan Police
|
513
|
1,463
|
2,147
|
2,315
|
|
Norfolk
|
12
|
33
|
68
|
65
|
|
Northamptonshire
|
12
|
10
|
37
|
40
|
|
Northumbria
|
0
|
51
|
126
|
129
|
|
North Yorkshire
|
0
|
52
|
75
|
71
|
|
Nottinghamshire
|
10
|
56
|
108
|
112
|
|
South Yorkshire
|
14
|
59
|
124
|
121
|
|
Staffordshire
|
0
|
7
|
63
|
70
|
|
Suffolk
|
0
|
15
|
34
|
30
|
|
Surrey
|
21
|
56
|
115
|
126
|
|
Sussex
|
22
|
83
|
228
|
257
|
|
Thames Valley
|
0
|
7
|
98
|
130
|
|
Warwickshire
|
11
|
25
|
56
|
64
|
|
West Mercia
|
8
|
57
|
81
|
85
|
|
West Midlands
|
0
|
39
|
219
|
252
|
|
West Yorkshire
|
70
|
265
|
394
|
462
|
|
Wiltshire
|
15
|
23
|
41
|
57
|
|
Dyfed-Powys
|
0
|
5
|
25
|
26
|
|
Gwent
|
30
|
45
|
77
|
76
|
|
North Wales
|
0
|
0
|
59
|
58
|
|
South Wales
|
0
|
59
|
107
|
111
|
|
Total England and Wales
|
1,176
|
3,418
|
6,214
|
6,769
|
(1) This table contains full-time equivalent figures that have been rounded to the nearest whole number. Because of rounding, there may be an apparent discrepancy between totals and the sums of the constituent items (2 )Full-time equivalent includes those on career breaks or maternity/paternity leave. (3 )Police community support officers were introduced in statute in 2002, therefore data is not available prior to 2002-03. (4 )Strength figures as at 31 March 2005 onwards include those staff on career breaks or maternity/paternity leave. Therefore these figures are not comparable with those provided for other years in the table.
|
| Police staff strength( 1) (FTE)( 2) by police force as at 31 March 1996 to 31 March 2006 |
| | As at 31 March |
| Police force | 1996 | 1997( 3) | 1998 | 1999( 4) | 2000 | 2001( 5) |
|
Avon and Somerset
|
1,213
|
1,438
|
1,393
|
1,424
|
1,436
|
1,452
|
|
Bedfordshire
|
472
|
484
|
523
|
483
|
490
|
491
|
|
Cambridgeshire
|
530
|
607
|
574
|
586
|
503
|
614
|
|
Cheshire
|
690
|
735
|
781
|
785
|
823
|
833
|
|
Cleveland
|
553
|
609
|
586
|
552
|
595
|
586
|
|
Cumbria
|
408
|
451
|
451
|
442
|
469
|
588
|
|
Derbyshire
|
656
|
723
|
787
|
818
|
826
|
875
|
|
Devon and Cornwall
|
1,121
|
1,159
|
1,186
|
1,215
|
1,343
|
1,453
|
|
Dorset
|
621
|
615
|
651
|
702
|
686
|
682
|
|
Durham
|
531
|
583
|
557
|
559
|
590
|
566
|
|
Essex
|
1,130
|
1,199
|
1,252
|
1,273
|
1,348
|
1,447
|
|
Gloucestershire
|
415
|
435
|
423
|
504
|
484
|
506
|
|
Greater Manchester
|
2,749
|
2,612
|
2,661
|
2,623
|
2,822
|
2,858
|
|
Hampshire
|
1,323
|
1,316
|
1,331
|
1,381
|
1,443
|
1,482
|
|
Hertfordshire
|
754
|
818
|
831
|
835
|
890
|
935
|
|
Humberside
|
683
|
718
|
789
|
840
|
840
|
808
|
|
Kent
|
1,141
|
1,384
|
1,470
|
1,582
|
1,647
|
1,796
|
|
Lancashire
|
1 ,349
|
1,126
|
1,143
|
1,198
|
1,422
|
1,369
|
|
Leicestershire
|
667
|
755
|
774
|
802
|
805
|
806
|
|
Lincolnshire
|
442
|
521
|
541
|
517
|
516
|
561
|
7 Nov 2006 : Column 1409W
7 Nov 2006 : Column 1410W
|
London, City of
|
324
|
347
|
334
|
314
|
285
|
233
|
|
Merseyside
|
1,560
|
1,343
|
1,502
|
1,356
|
1,458
|
1,418
|
|
Metropolitan Police
|
14,372
|
13,493
|
12,432
|
11,257
|
10,605
|
10,040
|
|
Norfolk
|
529
|
603
|
646
|
648
|
655
|
694
|
|
Northamptonshire
|
511
|
554
|
577
|
587
|
599
|
694
|
|
Northumbria
|
1,319
|
1,365
|
1,362
|
1,443
|
1,417
|
1,416
|
|
North Yorkshire
|
520
|
519
|
543
|
541
|
492
|
591
|
|
Nottinghamshire
|
979
|
1,003
|
987
|
1,039
|
1,024
|
1,039
|
|
South Yorkshire
|
1,418
|
1,291
|
1,243
|
1,273
|
1,391
|
1,312
|
|
Staffordshire
|
754
|
763
|
866
|
1,004
|
858
|
935
|
|
Suffolk
|
485
|
522
|
583
|
594
|
600
|
621
|
|
Surrey
|
754
|
727
|
743
|
733
|
762
|
897
|
|
Sussex
|
1,131
|
1,149
|
1,185
|
1,393
|
1,328
|
1,454
|
|
Thames Valley
|
1,738
|
1,825
|
1,827
|
1,799
|
1,786
|
1,891
|
|
Warwickshire
|
376
|
376
|
398
|
406
|
394
|
412
|
|
West Mercia
|
964
|
942
|
975
|
975
|
1,043
|
1,095
|
|
West Midlands
|
2,780
|
2,739
|
2,817
|
2,652
|
2,695
|
2,819
|
|
West Yorkshire
|
2,037
|
2,234
|
2,304
|
2,216
|
2,199
|
2,228
|
|
Wiltshire
|
453
|
475
|
519
|
555
|
563
|
622
|
|
Dyfed-Powys
|
310
|
322
|
341
|
341
|
359
|
401
|
|
Gwent
|
378
|
452
|
477
|
487
|
498
|
537
|
|
North Wales
|
512
|
476
|
479
|
508
|
519
|
498
|
|
South Wales
|
1,287
|
1,206
|
1,132
|
1,223
|
1,081
|
1,270
|
|
NCS
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
275
|
352
|
367
|
|
NCIS(7)
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
291
|
287
|
398
|
|
Total England and Wales
|
52,933
|
53,011
|
52,975
|
53,031
|
53,227
|
54,588
|
