§ Mr. SimmondsTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many(a) police officers and (b) police civilian staff each police authority in England and Wales had in each year since 1995. [138234]
§ Ms BlearsThe following tables show the number of police officers from 1995 to 2003 and police staff from 1996 to 2003 (1995 data not available) for each police force area in England and Wales.
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Civilian staff strength1 Mar 1996 Mar 1997 Mar 1998 Mar 1999 Mar 2000 Mar 2001 Mar 2002 Mar 2003 Dorset 621 615 651 702 686 682 74.1 793 Durham 531 583 557 559 590 566 660 602 Essex 1,130 1,199 1,252 1,273 1,348 1,447 1,571 1,682 Gloucestershire 415 435 423 504 484 506 545 590 Greater Manchester 2,749 2,612 2,661 2,623 2,822 2,858 3,135 3,173 Hampshire 1,323 1,316 1,331 1,381 1,443 1,424 1,597 1,720 Hertfordshire 754 818 831 835 890 935 1,121 1,299 Humberside 683 718 789 840 840 808 816 880 Kent 1,141 1,384 1,470 1,582 1,647 1,796 1,958 2,095 Lancashire 1,349 1,126 1,143 1,198 1,422 1,369 1,442 1,489 Leicestershire 667 755 774 802 805 806 816 934 Lincolnshire 442 521 541 517 516 561 600 641 City of London 324 347 334 314 285 233 247. 268 Merseyside 1,560 1,343 1,502 1,356 1,458 1,418 1,532 1,752 Metropolitan police 14,372 13,493 12,432 11,257 10,605 10,040 10,459 11,358 Norfolk 529 603 646 648 655 694 819 924 Northamptonshire 511 554 577 587 599 694 742 812 Northumbria 1,319 1,365 1,362 1,443 1,417 1,344 1,403 1,457 North Yorkshire 520 519 543 541 492 591 743 723 Nottinghamshire 979 1,003 987 1,039 1,024 1,039 1,087 1,180 South Yorkshire 1,418 1,291 1,243 1,273 1,391 1,312 1,352 1,510 Staffordshire 754 763 866 1,004 858 935 1,030 1,146 Suffolk 485 522 583 594 600 621 692 713 Surrey 754 727 743 733 762 897 1,043 1,245 Sussex 1,131 1,149 1,185 1,393 1,328 1,454 1,507 1,578 Thames Valley 1,738 1,825 1,827 1,799 1,786 1,891 2,061 .2,412 Warwickshire 376 376 398 406 394 412 459 503 West Mercia 964 942 975 975 1,043 1,095 1,116 1,233 West Midlands 2,780 2,739 2,817 2,652 2,695 2,819 3,007 3,012 West Yorkshire 2,037 2,234 2,304 2,216 2,199 2,228 2,364 2,538 Wiltshire 453 475 519 555 563 622 649 703 Dyfed-Powys 310. 322 341 341 359 401 459 502 Gwent 378 452 477 487 498 537 570 607 North Wales 512 476 479 508 519 498 645 703 South Wales 1,287 1,206 1,132 1,223 1,081 1,270 1,435 1,366 England and Wales 52,933 53,011 52,975 52,465 52,588 53,693 58,022 62,581 1 Full-time equivalents.