§ Mr. LawsTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many police force members there were in(a) Avon and Somerset police force, (b) the south-west region and (c) England and Wales in each year from 1997 to 2001. [52694]
§ Mr. DenhamThe requested information is given in the table:
Full-time equivalents Avon and Somerset South-west region England and Wales1 31 March 1997 2,989 9,425 127,158 31 March 1998 2,976 9,508 126,814 31 March 1999 2,999 9,420 126,096 31 March 2000 2,934 9,313 124,170 31 March 2001 2,994 9,576 125,682 30 September 2001 3,040 9,693 127,231 1The England and Wales totals include secondments to the National Crime Squad (NCS), the National Criminal Intelligence Service (NCIS), Central Services and Inter-Force Units