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31 Jan 2008 : Column 33WS

31 Jan 2008 : Column 34WS

Number of Authorised Firearms Officers (AFOs)
	2001-02	2002-03	2003-04	2004-05	2005-06	2006-07
TOTAL	5776	5763	6096	6243	6584	6728
AVON & SOMERSET	116	84	122	118	117	103
BEDFORDSHIRE	48	53	58	56	59	57
CAMBRIDGESHIRE	56	71	60	60	50	46
CHESHIRE	81	89	75	76	73	80
CLEVELAND	85	80	95	100	100	105
CITY OF LONDON	73	72	86	89	86	45
CUMBRIA	92	87	89	90	89	90
DERBYSHIRE	80	69	70	74	75	69
DEVON & CORNWALL	108	115	132	123	122	132
DORSET	57	59	60	64	62	67
DURHAM	86	102	97	103	100	102
ESSEX	180	184	186	202	205	220
GLOUCESTERSHIRE	71	80	82	93	92	94
GTR MANCHESTER	219	202	205	187	245	217
HAMPSHIRE	87	94	94	92	97	83
HERTFORDSHIRE	46	47	50	53	52	49
HUMBERSIDE	96	96	96	101	92	83
KENT	113	93	90	94	94	98
LANCASHIRE	138	129	122	115	123	103
LEICESTERSHIRE	69	68	51	53	59	67
LINCOLNSHIRE	91	87	78	86	87	75
MERSEYSIDE	78	84	94	93	129	139
METROPOLITAN	1805	1823	2060	2134	2331	2584
NORFOLK	104	109	114	125	119	127
NORTHAMPTONSHIRE	51	56	52	50	56	59
NORTHUMBRIA	125	99	90	93	98	92
NORTH YORKSHIRE	66	64	60	56	78	67
NOTTINGHAMSHIRE	136	131	138	138	149	146
SOUTH YORKSHIRE	92	100	98	122	116	118
STAFFORDSHIRE	71	63	67	76	70	82
SUFFOLK	90	80	96	88	84	78
SURREY	62	48	53	49	51	45
SUSSEX	120	141	134	130	129	129
THAMES VALLEY	156	180	172	176	180	186
WARWICKSHIRE	50	51	46	53	55	59
WEST MERCIA	125	ill1	139	141	152	133
WEST MIDLANDS	111	110	124	134	145	175
WEST YORKSHIRE	116	132	140	130	150	148
WILTSHIRE	71	78	80	74	72	69
DYFED POWYS	77	62	58	79	68	72
GWENT	57	60	71	74	86	64
NORTH WALES	83	75	73	65	57	56
SOUTH WALES	138	125	139	134	130	115

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