HC Deb 25 February 1999 vol 326 cc394-5W
Mr. Burns

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many police officers there were in the Essex Constabulary on(a) 31 March 1997, (b) 31 March 1998 and (c) the latest available date. [72890]

Mr. Boateng

The information is set out in the table:

Essex Police
Number of police officers1
31 March 1997 2,961
31 March 1998 2,929
31 March 1999 2,925
1 Full-time equivalents.