7 Nov 2006 : Column 1410W—continued
| | As at 31 March |
| Police force | 2002 | 2003( 6) | 2004( 6) | 2005( 6) | 2006( 6) |
|
Avon and Somerset
|
1,611
|
1,785
|
2,004
|
2,005
|
2,080
|
|
Bedfordshire
|
524
|
595
|
668
|
713
|
759
|
|
Cambridgeshire
|
733
|
786
|
838
|
832
|
898
|
|
Cheshire
|
884
|
1,008
|
1,149
|
1,137
|
1,170
|
|
Cleveland
|
626
|
694
|
764
|
748
|
697
|
|
Cumbria
|
631
|
676
|
705
|
730
|
732
|
|
Derbyshire
|
953
|
1,061
|
1,131
|
1,165
|
1,109
|
|
Devon and Cornwall
|
1,639
|
1,834
|
1,926
|
2,034
|
2,082
|
|
Dorset
|
741
|
793
|
823
|
881
|
918
|
|
Durham
|
660
|
602
|
600
|
736
|
733
|
|
Essex
|
1,571
|
1,682
|
1,876
|
1,968
|
1,968
|
|
Gloucestershire
|
545
|
590
|
642
|
663
|
694
|
|
Greater Manchester
|
3,135
|
3,173
|
3,452
|
3,303
|
3,352
|
|
Hampshire
|
1,597
|
1,720
|
1,865
|
1,965
|
2,099
|
|
Hertfordshire
|
1,121
|
1,299
|
1,408
|
1,414
|
1,489
|
|
Humberside
|
816
|
880
|
979
|
1,034
|
1,097
|
|
Kent
|
1,958
|
2,095
|
2,267
|
2,228
|
2,292
|
|
Lancashire
|
1,442
|
1,489
|
1,683
|
1,715
|
1,764
|
|
Leicestershire
|
816
|
934
|
1,007
|
1,033
|
1,079
|
|
Lincolnshire
|
600
|
641
|
657
|
678
|
677
|
|
London, City of
|
247
|
268
|
285
|
298
|
314
|
|
Merseyside
|
1,532
|
1,752
|
1,855
|
2,126
|
2,207
|
|
Metropolitan Police
|
10,459
|
11,358
|
12,595
|
13,561
|
13,836
|
|
Norfolk
|
819
|
924
|
973
|
984
|
1,064
|
|
Northamptonshire
|
742
|
812
|
874
|
973
|
1,010
|
|
Northumbria
|
1,403
|
1,457
|
1,495
|
1,491
|
1,665
|
|
North Yorkshire
|
743
|
723
|
864
|
928
|
1,039
|
|
Nottinghamshire
|
1,087
|
1,180
|
1,285
|
1,318
|
1,385
|
|
South Yorkshire
|
1,352
|
1,510
|
1,583
|
1,729
|
1,853
|
|
Staffordshire
|
1,030
|
1,146
|
1,255
|
1,325
|
1,305
|
|
Suffolk
|
692
|
713
|
789
|
813
|
853
|
7 Nov 2006 : Column 1411W
7 Nov 2006 : Column 1412W
|
Surrey
|
1,043
|
1,245
|
1,352
|
1,472
|
1,541
|
|
Sussex
|
1,507
|
1,578
|
1,811
|
1,950
|
1,994
|
|
Thames Valley
|
2,061
|
2,412
|
2,620
|
2,611
|
2,782
|
|
Warwickshire
|
459
|
503
|
525
|
590
|
609
|
|
West Mercia
|
1,116
|
1,233
|
1,391
|
1,492
|
1,563
|
|
West Midlands
|
3,007
|
3,012
|
3,100
|
3,143
|
3,300
|
|
West Yorkshire
|
2,364
|
2,538
|
2,776
|
3,016
|
3,183
|
|
Wiltshire
|
649
|
703
|
764
|
811
|
851
|
|
Dyfed-Powys
|
459
|
502
|
523
|
531
|
566
|
|
Gwent
|
570
|
607
|
629
|
688
|
749
|
|
North Wales
|
645
|
703
|
849
|
867
|
882
|
|
South Wales
|
1,435
|
1,366
|
1,453
|
1,510
|
1,543
|
|
NCS
|
405
|
524
|
603
|
0
|
779
|
|
NCIS(7)
|
482
|
—
|
—
|
0
|
1
|
|
Total England and Wales
|
58,909
|
63,105
|
68,693
|
71,209
|
74,563
|
(1) Civilian staff have been referred to as police staff since March 2003. Figures exclude traffic wardens, police community support officers and designated officers (s.38) (2) Total strength is based on full-time equivalent figures that have been rounded to the nearest whole number, because of rounding there may be an apparent discrepancy between these totals and the totals in other tables. Figures exclude those staff on career breaks or maternity/paternity unless otherwise stated. (3 )Boundary changes on 1 April 1996 transferred resources for the policing of the Rhmney Valley from South Wales police to Gwent police. (4 )The National Crime Intelligence Service (NCIS) and the National Crime Squad (NCS) were established and set up as independent bodies by the Police Act 1997 effective as of 1 April 1998. (5 )Boundary changes on 1 April 2000 transferred some resources from the Metropolitan police to Essex, Hertfordshire and Surrey police forces. (6 )Strength figures as at 31 March 2003 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. (7 )NCIS were unable to provide figures as at 31 March 2003 and 31 March 2004.
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