HC Deb 30 October 2000 vol 355 c311W
Mr. Burns

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many funded police officers there are in the Essex Constabulary; and what is the total number of police officers in the force. [134246]

Mr. Charles Clarke

I understand from the Chief Constable that the Essex Police have a funded establishment of 2,970 police officers and that on 15 October the force had 2,841 officers. In October Essex Police had 35 more officers than it had in March.

The Essex Police expect to recruit around 190 police officers this year which should allow them broadly to reach their target by the end of the financial year.