§ Mr. WoodwardTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many police officers there were in Merseyside police in each year since 1992. [19559]
§ Mr. Denham[holding answer 3 December 2001]: The information requested is given in the table.
Year as at 31 March 2001 Police officers1 Civilian support staff1 1992 4,621 1,578 1993 4,669 1,625 1994 4,693 1,639 1995 4,659 1,595 1996 4,411 1,560 1997 4,230 1,343 1998 4,216 1,502 1999 4,211 1,356 2000 4,085 1,458 2001 4,081 1,418 1Full time equivalents I understand that the Merseyside police has a budgeted work force total of 4,272 officers for 31 March 2002.