26 Nov 2007 : Column 194W—continued
| | 31 March 2001( 5) | 31 March 2002( 3) | 31 March 2003( 4) |
| Police force | Total police officer strength (FTE) | Total police officers per 100,000 population | Total police officer strength (FTE) | Total police officers per 100,000 population | Total police officer strength (FTE) | Total police officers per 100,000 population |
|
Avon and Somerset
|
2,960
|
197
|
3,096
|
205
|
3,160
|
213
|
|
Bedfordshire
|
1,036
|
184
|
1,069
|
189
|
1,119
|
198
|
|
Cambridgeshire
|
1,296
|
179
|
1,362
|
187
|
1,391
|
196
|
|
Cheshire
|
2,002
|
204
|
2,059
|
209
|
2,137
|
217
|
|
Cleveland
|
1,407
|
253
|
1,461
|
263
|
1,592
|
294
|
|
Cumbria
|
1,048
|
213
|
1,100
|
224
|
1,154
|
237
|
|
Derbyshire
|
1,823
|
187
|
1,848
|
189
|
2,010
|
210
|
|
Devon and Cornwall
|
2,934
|
187
|
3,053
|
192
|
3,215
|
204
|
|
Dorset
|
1,354
|
196
|
1,381
|
198
|
1,422
|
205
|
|
Durham
|
1,595
|
263
|
1,614
|
266
|
1,662
|
281
|
|
Essex
|
2,887
|
178
|
2,946
|
181
|
3,007
|
186
|
|
Gloucestershire
|
1,173
|
209
|
1,183
|
209
|
1,237
|
219
|
|
Greater Manchester
|
6,909
|
268
|
7,217
|
279
|
7,391
|
298
|
|
Hampshire
|
3,435
|
193
|
3,480
|
195
|
3,707
|
208
|
|
Hertfordshire
|
1,922
|
184
|
1,825
|
174
|
1,977
|
191
|
|
Humberside
|
1,917
|
217
|
2,058
|
234
|
2,123
|
244
|
|
Kent
|
3,319
|
209
|
3,355
|
210
|
3,488
|
221
|
|
Lancashire
|
3,255
|
228
|
3,304
|
231
|
3,380
|
239
|
|
Leicestershire
|
2,033
|
217
|
2,100
|
224
|
2,147
|
232
|
|
Lincolnshire
|
1,202
|
191
|
1,198
|
189
|
1,236
|
191
|
|
London, City of(6)
|
703
|
—
|
764
|
—
|
811
|
—
|
|
Merseyside
|
4,081
|
291
|
4,125
|
294
|
4,112
|
302
|
|
Metropolitan Police
|
24,878
|
351
|
26,223
|
366
|
28,231
|
404
|
|
Norfolk
|
1,420
|
178
|
1,468
|
183
|
1,509
|
189
|
|
Northamptonshire
|
1,157
|
186
|
1,214
|
194
|
1,222
|
194
|
|
Northumbria
|
3,857
|
272
|
3,929
|
278
|
4,018
|
290
|
|
North Yorkshire
|
1,305
|
175
|
1,417
|
188
|
1,452
|
193
|
|
Nottinghamshire
|
2,212
|
214
|
2,330
|
226
|
2,426
|
239
|
|
South Yorkshire
|
3,197
|
245
|
3,199
|
246
|
3,194
|
252
|
|
Staffordshire
|
2,129
|
201
|
2,133
|
201
|
2,224
|
212
|
|
Suffolk
|
1,133
|
168
|
1,203
|
177
|
1,258
|
188
|
|
Surrey
|
2,066
|
192
|
1,992
|
184
|
1,933
|
182
|
|
Sussex
|
2,855
|
188
|
2,893
|
190
|
3,037
|
203
|
|
Thames Valley
|
3,703
|
175
|
3,762
|
177
|
3,899
|
186
|
|
Warwickshire
|
926
|
182
|
969
|
190
|
1,000
|
198
|
|
West Mercia
|
1,951
|
171
|
2,018
|
176
|
2,267
|
196
|
|
West Midlands
|
7,423
|
283
|
7,681
|
293
|
7,832
|
307
|
|
West Yorkshire
|
4,815
|
228
|
4,889
|
230
|
5,037
|
242
|
|
Wiltshire
|
1,120
|
184
|
1,157
|
189
|
1,169
|
190
|
