§ Mr. PaiceTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many police officers were in post per 1,000 head of population in the county of Cambridgeshire on 1 January in each year between 1996 and 2001. [159521]
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§ Mr. Charles ClarkeThe information is set out in the table. Police numbers are collected twice a year on 31 March and 30 September. The information in the table is therefore based on police numbers for 31 March of each year, except for 2001 where the special collection of police numbers for 31 January has been used.
Cambridgeshire Constabulary Year Police numbers Population (mid June of preceding year) Police officers per 1,000 population(1) 31 March 1996 1,238 693,871 1.78 31 March 1997 1,302 703,251 1.85 31 March 1998 1,291 712,240 1.81 31 March 1999 1,274 719,767 1.77 31 March 2000 1,237 724,897 1.71 31 January 2001 1,309 2724,897 21.81 1 Calculated on the basis of population figures, for June of the preceding year, provided by the Office for National Statistics. 2 June 2000 population figures are not, yet available. June 1999 population data have been used.