§ Mr. JenkinsTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what statistics he collates on the number of(a) police officers on the beat and (b) police officers in administration jobs per 100,000 population in each police authority area. [24935]
§ Mr. DenhamHer Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary annually collects information from each police force on the numbers of officers deployed to different areas of police activity. The latest data available are for the position on 31 March 2001.
The table sets out the number of officers deployed to foot/car/beat patrol and the number of officers in organisational support jobs (that is, members of staff whose primary role is to service the internal needs of the organisation) per 100,000 of population for each force in England and Wales.
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Number of officers on patrol and in organisational support jobs Force Number of foot/car/beat patrol officers Number per 100,000 population Number in organisational support roles Number per 100,000 population Durham 741 122.2 24 4.0 Dyfed-Powys 442 91.9 5 1.0 Essex 1,442 89.1 22 1.4 Gloucestershire 528 94.0 12 2.1 Greater Manchester 3,663 142.2 60 2.3 Gwent 619 111.2 12 2.2 Hampshire 1,966 110.4 43 2.4 Hertfordshire 1,043 100.0 18 1.7 Humberside 1,040 117.9 48 5.4 Kent 1,139 71.7 83 5.2 Lancashire 1,528 107.2 68 4.7 Leicestershire 923 98.7 20 2.1 Lincolnshire 711 113.2 18 2.8 Merseyside 2,109 150.3 84 6.0 Metropolitan police and City of London police 11,292 155.1 774 10.6 Norfolk 702 88.1 42 5.3 Northamptonshire 537 86.4 33 5.3 Northumbria 2,215 156.1 136 9.6 North Wales 662 100.6 39 5.9 North Yorkshire 705 94.3 22 2.9 Nottinghamshire 1,237 119.8 21 2.0 South Wales 1,659 133.6 67 5.4 South Yorkshire 1,487 114.1 131 10.0 Staffordshire 1,142 107.7 46 4.3 Suffolk 625 92.7 7 1.0 Surrey 872 80.9 48 4.4 Sussex 1,062 70.1 58 3.8 Thames Valley 1,681 79.4 48 2.2 Warwickshire 398 78.3 7 1.4 West Mercia 809 71.0 44 3.9 West Midlands 4,375 166.6 137 5.2 West Yorkshire 2,314 109.4 55 2.6 Wiltshire 529 86.7 25 4.1