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Police: Cumbria
David Maclean:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many police officers there were in Cumbria Constabulary in each year since 1997; and what the projected figures are for 2007 and 2008. [124008]
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Mr. McNulty:
The available data for 1997 to 2006 are given in the following table.
With regard to future strength it is a matter for the chief constable, in consultation with the police authority, to determine the number of police officers and police support staff employed by the force.
| Police officer strength (FTE)( 1) in Cumbria, as at 31 March 1997 to 31 March 2006( 2) |
| | Strength |
|
31 March 1997
|
1,144
|
|
31 March 1998
|
1,164
|
|
31 March 1999
|
1,126
|
|
31 March 2000
|
1,084
|
|
31 March 2001
|
1,048
|
|
31 March 2002
|
1,100
|
|
31 March 2003
|
1,140
|
|
31 March 2004
|
1,222
|
|
31 March 2005
|
1,232
|
|
31 March 2006
|
1,230
|
|
30 September 2006
|
1,247
|
(1) Full-time Equivalent. All officers less staff on career breaks or maternity/paternity leave (comparable with previously published figures).
(2) 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..
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Police: Dogs
Mr. Evans:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many dog handlers there were in each police force in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement. [124509]
Mr. McNulty:
The available data are given in the following table.
| Police officers whose primary function( 1) is dogs by police force area, as at 31 March 2003 to 31 March 2006( 2) (FTE)( 3) |
| | 31 March 2003 | 31 March 2004( 4) | 31 March 2005 | 31 March 2006 |
|
Avon and Somerset
|
47
|
45
|
45
|
45
|
|
Bedfordshire
|
19
|
18
|
17
|
18
|
|
Cambridgeshire
|
19
|
18
|
18
|
19
|
|
Cheshire
|
24
|
23
|
22
|
21
|
|
Cleveland
|
18
|
19
|
19
|
17
|
|
Cumbria
|
20
|
21
|
19
|
20
|
|
Derbyshire
|
24
|
24
|
24
|
24
|
|
Devon and Cornwall
|
48
|
47
|
48
|
49
|
|
Dorset
|
22
|
20
|
21
|
22
|
|
Durham
|
26
|
27
|
24
|
25
|
|
Essex
|
46
|
45
|
48
|
48
|
|
Gloucestershire
|
16
|
14
|
17
|
17
|
|
Greater Manchester
|
116
|
118
|
90
|
96
|
|
Hampshire
|
28
|
35
|
36
|
36
|
|
Hertfordshire
|
27
|
26
|
26
|
29
|
|
Humberside
|
28
|
28
|
27
|
27
|
|
Kent
|
48
|
—
|
45
|
47
|
|
Lancashire
|
41
|
35
|
36
|
30
|
|
Leicestershire
|
4
|
25
|
24
|
22
|
|
Lincolnshire
|
22
|
22
|
22
|
19
|
|
London, City of
|
18
|
17
|
18
|
18
|
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Merseyside
|
31
|
32
|
35
|
45
|
|
Metropolitan Police
|
205
|
237
|
241
|
251
|
|
Norfolk
|
19
|
22
|
20
|
20
|
|
Northamptonshire
|
14
|
13
|
13
|
13
|
|
Northumbria
|
54
|
60
|
61
|
60
|
|
North Yorkshire
|
23
|
23
|
21
|
21
|
|
Nottinghamshire
|
30
|
32
|
33
|
33
|
|
South Yorkshire
|
52
|
50
|
44
|
48
|
|
Staffordshire
|
27
|
28
|
27
|
25
|
|
Suffolk
|
14
|
14
|
13
|
13
|
|
Surrey
|
34
|
36
|
33
|
34
|
|
Sussex
|
49
|
48
|
51
|
47
|
|
Thames Valley
|
43
|
40
|
39
|
40
|
|
Warwickshire
|
15
|
15
|
16
|
16
|
|
West Mercia
|
35
|
37
|
38
|
37
|
|
West Midlands
|
69
|
69
|
67
|
69
|
|
West Yorkshire
|
62
|
68
|
61
|
58
|
|
Wiltshire
|
15
|
15
|
17
|
18
|
|
Dyfed-Powys
|
19
|
19
|
20
|
19
|
|
Gwent
|
16
|
15
|
15
|
16
|
|
North Wales
|
12
|
12
|
15
|
11
|
|
South Wales
|
43
|
40
|
43
|
39
|
(1) Staff with multiple responsibilities (or designations) are recorded under their primary role or function. The deployment of police officers is an operational matter for individual chief constables.
(2) Data not available prior to 2002-03.
(3) Full-time equivalent. This figure includes those officers on career breaks or maternity/paternity leave.
(4) Excludes Kent. Data not available.
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