Stephen Hammond:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many full-time equivalent dedicated traffic police there were in each police authority area in each year since 1997. [262275]
Mr. Coaker:
Data are available for officers whose primary function is listed as traffic. These are given in the following table.
Police officers FTE( 1) whose main function is Traffic ( 2)
1996-97( 3)
1997-98
1998-99
1999-2000
2000-01
2001-02
2002-03
2003-04
2004-05
2005-06
2006-07
2007-08
Avon and Somerset
211
207
200
211
214
216
222
228
215
148
160
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Bedfordshire
89
79
73
69
69
75
80
80
81
68
65
Cambridgeshire
91
96
93
86
78
85
99
101
99
96
90
Cheshire
204
205
196
187
194
194
200
194
85
91
94
Cleveland
82
67
68
63
67
64
73
2
61
72
104
Cumbria
117
117
119
111
108
107
110
108
111
114
99
Derbyshire
139
147
139
136
140
107
121
116
119
110
109
Devon and Cornwall
215
212
215
202
187
192
198
211
215
225
232
Dorset
93
77
83
86
81
91
86
82
81
80
78
Durham
115
117
116
113
113
111
119
108
105
100
107
Dyfed-Powys
89
97
93
83
75
136
105
141
143
136
126
Essex
268
259
245
249
254
241
242
243
243
231
219
Gloucestershire
83
82
68
69
64
62
66
67
73
67
67
Greater Manchester
429
434
433
423
421
406
392
359
342
352
338
Gwent
93
88
90
89
87
93
95
96
102
95
57
Hampshire
261
278
251
240
240
248
246
244
240
237
214
Hertfordshire
157
158
155
168
149
150
151
149
149
145
152
Humberside
165
149
155
145
136
123
119
225
181
100
104
Kent
149
119
103
104
104
104
122
116
109
122
Lancashire
422
225
220
217
220
198
187
190
197
184
180
Leicestershire
85
86
87
95
0
92
95
85
77
72
74
Lincolnshire
95
95
93
88
98
90
89
96
102
100
92
City of London
32
24
22
24
25
24
24
28
24
23
26
Merseyside
197
200
185
130
126
125
119
115
138
150
152
Metropolitan Police
823
782
824
686
0
583
592
1,029
603
611
612
Norfolk
111
107
109
113
114
120
121
107
112
110
118
Northamptonshire
97
87
52
52
61
70
71
65
63
63
60
Northumbria
164
162
158
158
178
245
253
165
167
172
165
North Wales
143
236
134
146
152
115
114
76
81
98
90
North Yorkshire
127
128
96
129
140
151
138
101
97
99
105
Nottinghamshire
177
182
167
175
111
26
121
133
134
139
144
South Wales
155
220
224
238
244
243
245
243
243
252
233
South Yorkshire
197
197
196
206
208
180
127
134
141
143
144
Staffordshire
204
208
188
35
34
50
49
58
28
35
34
Suffolk
68
74
70
63
68
68
72
76
80
77
81
Surrey
176
177
173
197
110
108
110
107
99
87
98
Sussex
206
197
191
190
174
164
163
163
160
169
160
Thames Valley
272
265
251
251
247
259
259
245
236
237
250
Warwickshire
102
106
102
96
95
103
103
93
97
93
93
West Mercia
239
238
278
322
325
292
115
117
116
129
128
West Midlands
412
405
394
380
385
384
405
393
401
383
352
West Yorkshire
307
331
323
326
336
320
314
317
343
324
283
Wiltshire
96
90
93
91
88
91
96
93
13
89
91
Total
7,523
7,951
7,806
7,522
7,238
6,317
6,902
6,706
7,104
6,511
6,412
6,299
(1) This and other tables contain 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) Staff with multiple responsibilities (or designations) are recorded under their primary role or function. The traffic function includes staff who are predominantly employed on motorcycles or in patrol vehicles for the policing of traffic and motorway-related duties. This does not include officers employed in accident investigation or vehicle examination. (3) Data are unavailable for 1996-07 by police force area