§ Mr. HoramTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many Metropolitan Police officers there were in each of the last 10 years. [82478]
§ Mr. Denham[holding answer 27 November 2002]: The information is set out in the table.
Metropolitan police Year1 Police officers2 1992 28,154 1993 27,867 1994 27,699 1995 27,480 1996 27,343 1997 26,677 1998 26,094 1999 26,073 2000 25,485 2001 324,878 2002 26,223 1 As at 31 March 2 Figures are for full-time equivalent strength 3 Police strength in the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) for March 2001 was reduced as a result of boundary changes on 1 April 2000 between the MPS and the Essex, Hertfordshire and Surrey forces. Consequently it is not possible to make like with like strength comparison over the 10 years