§ Mr. ChallenTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many civilian staff have been employed in each police force in England and Wales in each year since 1996–97; and how many of these civilians have been employed as a consequence of the civilianisation of posts formerly performed by uniformed officers. [91080]
§ Mr. DenhamThe figures for the number of civilian support staff employed by police forces since 1996–97 are provided in the table. Information for the number civilians employed as a result of the civilianisation of uniformed police posts is not available.
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Police force March 1997 March 1998 March 1999 March 2000 March 2001 March 2002 Dyfed Powys 322 341 341 359 401 459 Essex 1,199 1,252 1,273 1,348 1,447 1,571 Gloucestershire 435 423 504 484 506 545 Greater Manchester 2,612 2,661 2,623 2,822 2,858 3,135 Gwent 452 477 487 498 537 570 Hampshire 1,316 1,331 1,381 1,443 1,424 1,597 Hertfordshire 818 831 835 890 935 1,121 Humberside 718 789 840 840 808 816 Kent 1,384 1,470 1,582 1,647 1,796 1,958 Lancashire 1,126 1,143 1,198 1,422 1,369 1,442 Leicestershire 755 774 802 805 686 816 Lincolnshire 521 541 517 516 561 600 London, City of 347 334 314 285 233 247 Merseyside 1343 1502 1356 1458 1418 1532 Metropolitan Police 13,493 12,432 11,257 10,605 10,040 10,459 Norfolk 603 646 648 655 694 819 North Wales 476 479 508 519 498 645 North Yorkshire 519 543 541 492 591 743 Northamptonshire 554 577 587 599 694 742 Northumbria 1,365 1,362 1,443 1,417 1,344 1,403 Nottinghamshire 1,003 987 1,039 1,024 1,039 1,087 South Wales 1,206 1,132 1,223 1,081 1,270 1,435 South Yorkshire 1,291 1,243 1,273 1,391 1,312 1,352 Staffordshire 763 866 1,004 858 935 1,030 Suffolk 522 583 594 600 621 692 Surrey 727 743 733 762 897 1,043 Sussex 1,149 1,185 1,393 1,328 1,454 1,507 Thames Valley 1,825 1,827 1,799 1,786 1,891 2,061 Warwickshire 376 398 406 394 412 459 West Mercia 942 975 975 1,043 1,095 1,116 West Midlands 2,739 2,817 2,652 2,695 2,819 3,007 West Yorkshire 2,234 2,304 2,216 2,199 2,228 2,364 Wiltshire 475 519 555 563 622 649 Total 53,011 52,975 52,465 52,588 53,575 58,022 Source:
Home Office Statistical Bulletins—Police Service Strength 1997–2002