§ Mr. LawsTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what proportion of police officers in Avon and Somerset have been on long-term sick leave in each year since 1985–86. [56233]
§ Mr. Denham[holding answer 21 May 2002]The information requested is only available from 1996–7. This is shown in the table. The number of officers on long-term sick leave is as recorded at 31 March for each year. Long-term sick leave is defined as continuous sickness absence of 28 days or more.
Year Police Officers on Long-term Sick Leave Average Number of Police Officers Proportion of Police Officers on Long-term Sick Leave (per cent) 1996–97 285 3,001 9.5 1997–98 342 2,976 11.5 1998–99 59 3,012 2.0 1999–2002 53 2,992 1.8 2000–0 86 2,992 2.9
§ Mr. LawsTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many police officers there have been(a) in England and (b) in each police authority in each year since 1980–81. [56232]
§ Mr. Denham[holding answer 21 May 2002]Police strength figures for each force for each year between 1980 and 1993 are published in the appendix to the Annual Reports of Her Majesty's Chief Inspector of Constabulary, copies of which are in the Library.
Table A sets out police strength between March 1981 and September 2001 in England. Table B sets out police strength for each force for each year between March 1994 and September 2001.
717WTABLE A
Police Numbers—England 1980–81 to 2001–02 Year (as at 31 March) Number of Police Officers 1980–81 110,282 1981–82 112,197 1982–83 113,219 1983–84 113,299 1984–85 112,402 1985–86 113,052 1986–87 114,130 1987–88 115,947 1988–89 117,024
TABLE B Police Officer Strength in England (full-time equivalents and excluding secondments) Police Force March 1994 March 1995 March 1996 March 1997 March 1998 March 1999 March 2000 March 2001 Sept. 2001 Avon and Somerset 3,033 3,000 2,981 2,989 2,976 2,999 2,934 2,994 3,040 Bedfordshire 1,151 1,126 1,128 1,094 1,079 1,041 1,028 1,036 1,050 Cambridgeshire 1,263 1,261 1,238 1,302 1,291 1,274 1,237 1,2% 1,350 Cheshire 1,902 1,932 1,998 2,046 2,042 2,071 2,011 2,002 2,021 Cleveland 1,429 1,438 1,420 1,459 1,483 1,416 1,404 1,407 1,434 Cumbria 1,174 1,167 1,115 1,144 1,164 1,126 1,084 1,048 1,075 Derbyshire 1,820 1,797 1,763 1,791 1,772 1,759 1,777 1,823 1,851 Devon and Cornwall 2,914 2,877 2,899 2,865 2,962 2,887 2,841 2,934 2,972 Dorset 1,297 1,288 1,263 1,284 1,310 1,279 1,306 1,354 1,360 Durham 1,383 1,353 1,401 1,461 1,515 1,568 1,558 1,595 1,600 Essex* 2,937 2,921 2,884 2,961 2,928 2,891 2,806 2,897 2,937 Gloucestershire 1,159 1,163 1,133 1,133 1,104 1,104 1,114 1,173 1,169 Greater Manchester 6,967 7,037 6,938 6,922 6,949 6,810 6,795 6,909 7,036 Hampshire 3,270 3,256 3,347 3,452 3,490 3,473 3,419 3,438 3,449 Hertfordshire* 1,682 1,703 1,712 1,759 1,740 1,724 1,767 1,922 1,843 Humberside 2,039 2,029 2,041 2,045 2,021 1,974 1,932 1,917 1,991 Kent 3,145 3,117 3,120 3,260 3,251 3,201 3,204 3,319 3,367 Lancashire 3,170 3,212 3,171 3,247 3,257 3,245 3,179 3,255 3,288 Leicestershire 1,825 1,839 1,908 1,949 1,983 1,993 1,993 2,032 2,062 Lincolnshire 1,205 1,199 1,145 1,196 1,191 1,140 1,115 1,202 1,184 London, City of 893 885 869 859 825 778 732 703 699 Merseyside 4,693 4,659 4,411 4,230 4,216 4,211 4,085 4,081 4,095 Metropolitan Police* 27,699 27,480 27,343 26,677 26,094 26,073 25,485 24,878 25,374 Norfolk 1,447 1,359 1,401 1,432 1,430 1,381 1,381 1,420 1,436 North Yorkshire 1,318 1,300 1,324 1,338 1,367 1,337 1,283 1,305 1,390 Northamptonshire 1,170 1,156 1,153 1,177 1,169 1,137 1,117 1,157 1,180 Northumbria 3,598 3,606 3,668 3,677 3,769 3,840 3,788 3,857 3,893 Nottinghamshire 2,328 2,319 2,318 2,323 2,323 2,225 2,204 2,275 2,273 South Yorkshire 3,023 3,040 3,073 3,159 3,182 3,168 3,163 3,197 3,223 Staffordshire 2,208 2,231 2,209 2,211 2,292 2,238 2,170 2,129 2,119 Suffolk 1,208 1,191 1,138 1,180 1,186 1,190 1,145 1,133 1,146 Surrey* 1,669 1,676 1,644 1,620 1,608 1,662 1,785 2,066 2,018 Sussex 3,009 2,931 3,074 3,085 2,996 2,847 2,822 2,855 2,837 Thames Valley 3,908 3,854 3,674 3,695 3,776 3,748 3,740 3,703 3,708 Warwickshire 1,046 1,013 979 926 924 908 900 926 930 West Mercia 2,059 2,046 2,017 2,040 2,010 2,025 1,887 1,951 1,994 West Midlands 7,014 7,019 7,145 7,113 7,156 7,321 7,194 7,423 7,432 West Yorkshire 5,046 5,050 5,142 5,209 5,155 4,982 4,822 4,815 4,859 Wiltshire 1,264 1,261 1,218 1,154 1,156 1,151 1,118 1,120 1,152 Total England 119,365 118,827 118,405 118,459 118,138 117,195 115,324 116,548 117,836 Notes
This table contains 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.
It does not include officers on secondment to NCS/NCIS and their predecessors or to any central service organisation. This is because it is not possible to differentiate between English and Welsh police officers on secondment from Home Office records.
* These forces have been affected by the boundary changes which took place in April 2000.