24 Jan 2007 : Column 1836W—continued
24 Jan 2007 : Column 1837W
24 Jan 2007 : Column 1838W
| Police officer strength( 1) (FTE)( 2) by Government office regions as at 31 March 2001 to 31 March 2006 |
| Government region | 2001( 3) | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 |
|
North East
|
6,858
|
7,004
|
7,176
|
7,412
|
7,442
|
7,359
|
|
North West
|
17,296
|
17,805
|
18,040
|
19,113
|
19,327
|
19,215
|
|
Yorkshire and the Humber
|
11,234
|
11,563
|
11,761
|
12,296
|
12,669
|
12,759
|
|
East Midlands
|
8,490
|
8,690
|
8,959
|
9,298
|
9,343
|
9,303
|
|
West Midlands
|
12,429
|
12,801
|
13,206
|
13,516
|
13,714
|
13,752
|
|
Eastern
|
9,703
|
9,873
|
10,188
|
10,579
|
10,768
|
10,890
|
|
London
|
25,581
|
26,987
|
28,792
|
30,588
|
31,586
|
31,405
|
|
South East
|
15,381
|
15,482
|
15,883
|
16,268
|
16,384
|
16,549
|
|
South West
|
9,576
|
9,870
|
10,152
|
10,618
|
10,716
|
10,875
|
|
Wales
|
6,927
|
7,193
|
7,268
|
7,414
|
7,545
|
7,529
|
(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 excludes those on career breaks or maternity/paternity leave.
(3) Boundary changes on 1 April 2000 transferred some resources from the Metropolitan Police to Essex, Hertfordshire and Surrey police forces.
|
| Police community support officer strength( 1) (FTE)( 2) by police force as at 31 March 2003 to 31 March 06( 3) |
| 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
|
|
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
|
(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 are 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.
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