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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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