HC Deb 10 June 2002 vol 386 cc798-9W
29. Tim Loughton

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will make a statement on police numbers in Sussex. [57076]

Mr. Denham

On 31 January 2002 Sussex Police had 2,878. police officers. Police numbers increased by 56 between March 2000 and January 2002.

Over the three-year period to March 2003 Sussex has been allocated 206 recruits from the Crime Fighting Fund (CFF) over and above the force's previous recruitment plans for the period. Sussex Police took on 42 CFF recruits in 2000–01 and 71 CFF recruits in 2001–02. A further 93 CFF recruits are expected to be taken on by Sussex Police in 2002–03.

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