§ Mr. LoughtonTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many police officers(a) left and (b) joined the profession in each of the last 10 years. [140797]
§ Mr. Charles Clarke[holding answer 29 November, 2000]: The information requested is set out in the table. Before April 1995 information was collected on a calendar year basis. From April 1995 it has been done on a financial year basis. The table reflects the different collection periods.
Year Total police recruitment Total police wastage 1990 3,044 2,738 1991 4,933 5,005 1992 5,863 4,993 1993 5,131 5,490 1994–951 6,409 6,989 1995–96 6,014 6,421 1996–97 6,523 5,951 1997–98 6,543 6,657 1998–99 5,391 6,104 1999–2000 4,535 5,948 1The figures for 1994–95 cover 15 months to take account of the change from calendar year to financial year.
§ Sir Patrick CormackTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many serving officers were in the police forces of England and Wales on(a) 1 May 1997 and (b) 31 October 2000. [141036]
§ Mr. Charles ClarkeInformation on police numbers is collected twice a year in March and September. Police numbers for March 1997 are set out in the table.
Police numbers for September 2000 are currently being validated and we hope to publish them within the next few weeks.
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Police numbers in England and Wales Force Total strength at 31 March 1997 Avon and Somerset 2,989 Bedfordshire 1,094 Cambridgeshire 1,302 Cheshire 2,046
Police numbers in England and Wales Force Total strength at 31 March 1997 City of London 859 Cleveland 1,459 Cumbria 1,144 Derbyshire 1,791 Devon and Cornwall 2,865 Dorset 1,284 Durham 1,461 Dyfed-Powys 1,005 Essex 2,961 Gloucestershire 1,133 Greater Manchester 6,922 Gwent 1,243 Hampshire 3,452 Hertfordshire 1,759 Humberside 2,045 Kent 3,260 Lancashire 3,247 Leicestershire 1,949 Lincolnshire 1,196 Merseyside 4,230 Metropolitan Police 26,677 Norfolk 1,432 Northamptonshire 1,177 Northumbria 3,677 North Wales 1,369 North Yorkshire 1,338 Nottinghamshire 2,323 South Wales 2,976 South Yorkshire 3,159 Staffordshire 2,211 Suffolk 1,180 Surrey 1,620 Sussex 3,085 Thames Valley 3,695 Warwickshire 926 West Mercia 2,040 West Midlands 7,113 West Yorkshire 5,209 Wiltshire 1,154 Total 125,057