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Police: Road Traffic Control

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.

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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
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

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