HC Deb 16 December 2002 vol 396 cc646-9W
Mr. Wilshire

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what proportion of, and how many, police officers transferred out of each police force in England and Wales in each of the last three years. [83370]

Mr. Denham

[holding answer 27 November 2002]The tables show (i) the numbers of officers transferred from each force, (ii) the proportion of force strength represented by these transfers, (iii) the numbers of officers transferred in to each force and (iv) the net result for each force of this transfer activity in the last three years.

1999–2000
Police transfers Strength at 31 March 1999 Transfers from force Transfers out us proportion of strength (percentage) Transfers to force Net transfers
Thames Valley 3,748 26 0.69 1 -25
Warwickshire 908 2 0.22 3 1
West Mercia 2,025 6 0.30 2 -4
West Midlands 7,321 42 0.57 26 -16
West Yorkshire 4,982 15 0.30 0 -15
Wiltshire 1,151 7 0.61 13 6

2000–01
Police transfers Strength at 31 March 2000 Transfers from force Transfers out as proportion of strength (percentage) Transfers to force Net transfers
Avon and Somerset 2,934 25 0.85 48 23
Bedfordshire 1,028 21 2.04 9 -12
Cambridgeshire 1,237 12 0.97 15 3
Cheshire 2,011 6 0.30 8 2
City of London 732 18 2.46 2 -16
Cleveland 1,404 4 0.28 0 -4
Cumbria 1,084 10 0.92 9 -1
Derbyshire 1,777 5 0.28 3 -2
Devon and Cornwall 2,841 7 0.25 62 55
Dorset 1,306 9 0.69 36 27
Durham 1,558 5 0.32 14 9
Dyfed-Powys 1,040 9 0.87 13 4
Essex1 2,806 25 0.89 50 25
Gloucestershire 1,114 6 0.54 14 8
Greater Manchester 6,795 28 0.41 48 20
Gwent 1,264 5 0.40 13 8
Hampshire 3,419 24 0.70 41 17
Hertfordshire1 1,767 43 2.43 31 -12
Humberside 1,932 18 0.92 10 -8
Kent 3,204 26 0.81 30 4
Lancashire 3,179 7 0.22 13 6
Leicestershire 1,993 27 1.35 34 7
Lincolnshire 1,115 6 0.54 32 26
Merseyside 4,085 14 0.34 18 4
Metropolitan Police1 25,485 382 1.50 72 -310
Norfolk 1,381 6 0.43 28 22
Northamptonshire 1,117 10 0.90 16 6
Northumbria 3,788 5 0.13 9 4
North Wales 1,403 2 0.14 19 17
North Yorkshire 1,283 5 0.39 36 31
Nottinghamshire 2,204 6 0.27 33 27
South Wales 2,926 3 0.10 60 57
South Yorkshire 3,163 4 0.13 21 17
Staffordshire 2,170 9 0.41 2 -7
Suffolk 1,145 11 0.96 8 -3
Surrey1 1,785 171 9.59 303 132
Sussex 2,822 31 1.10 23 -8
Thames Valley 3,740 80 2.14 9 -71
Warwickshire 900 8 0.89 2 -6
West Mercia 1,887 6 0.32 18 12
West Midlands 7,194 59 0.82 22 -37
West Yorkshire 4,822 19 0.39 21 2
Wiltshire 1,118 12 1.07 15 3

2001–02
Strength at 31 March 2001 Transfers from force Transfers out as proportion of strength (percentage) Transfers to force Net transfers
Avon and Somerset 2,994 19 0.63 44 25
Bedfordshire 1,036 51 4.92 6 -45
Cambridgeshire 1,296 26 2.01 27 1
Cheshire 2,002 18 0.90 8 -10
City of London 703 11 1.54 42 31

2001–02
Strength at 31 March 2001 Transfers from force Transfers out as proportion of strength (percentage) Transfers to force Net transfers
Cleveland 1,407 4 0.28 17 13
Cumbria 1,048 18 1.72 29 11
Derbyshire 1,823 6 0.33 18 12
Devon and Cornwall 2,934 13 0.44 87 74
Dorset 1,354 20 1.46 36 16
Durham 1,595 10 0.63 10 0
Dyfed-Powys 1,055 4 0.38 23 19
Essex1 2,897 56 1.93 50 -6
Gloucestershire 1,173 20 1.71 18 -2
Greater Manchester 6,909 39 0.56 64 25
Gwent 1,274 8 0.63 15 7
Hampshire 3,438 61 1.77 54 -7
Hertfordshire1 1,922 59 3.07 54 -5
Humberside 1,917 12 0.63 24 12
Kent 3,319 28 0.84 24 -4
Lancashire 3,255 36 1.11 28 -8
Leicestershire 2,032 37 1.82 13 -24
Lincolnshire 1,202 6 0.50 8 2
Merseyside 4,081 8 0.20 17 9
Metropolitan Police1 24,878 436 1.75 196 -240
Norfolk 1,420 9 0.63 33 24
Northamptonshire 1,157 13 1.12 29 16
Northumbria 3,857 26 0.67 29 3
North Wales 1,444 0 0.00 32 32
North Yorkshire 1,305 4 0.31 80 76
Nottinghamshire 2,275 14 0.62 42 28
South Wales 3,154 6 0.19 12 6
South Yorkshire 3,197 12 0.38 26 14
Staffordshire 2,129 22 1.02 35 13
Suffolk 1,133 3 0.26 21 18
Surrey1 2,066 246 11.93 55 -191
Sussex 2,855 34 1.19 29 -5
Thames Valley 3,703 72 1.94 13 -59
Warwickshire 926 17 1.84 27 10
West Mercia 1,951 10 0.51 65 55
West Midlands 7,423 132 1.77 41 -91
West Yorkshire 4,815 47 0.98 22 -25
Wiltshire 1,120 10 0.89 22 12
1 As of April 2000, the Metropolitan Police force was reduced in size by a transfer of responsibility for policing some areas to the surrounding forces of Surrey, Hertfordshire and Essex. The effects of the Metropolitan Police boundary changes on 1 April 2000 were incorporated into the police funding formula and the overall transfer between the forces was in terms of financial resources, not of officers.