HC Deb 15 March 2002 vol 381 cc1266-9W
Joan Ruddock

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will give a breakdown of police officers by gender and rank for each police force in England and Wales. [40511]

Mr. Denham

The information requested was published in Home Office Statistical Bulletin No. 23/01, "Police Service Strength, England and Wales, 30 September 2001" and can be found in Table 3. A copy of the Bulletin is in the Library.

Table 3: Police Officer Strength as at 30 September 2001 by police force area, rank and gender, and officers per 100,000 population
England and Wales Full time equivalents1
Male Ranks
Police force Chief Constables Assistant Chief Constables Superintendents Chief Inspectors Inspectors Sergeants Constables Total Male Ranks
Sussex 0 4 29 38 145 411 1,707 2,334
Thames Valley 1 2 46 34 179 473 2,320 3,054
Warwickshire 1 3 13 11 42 109 602 781
West Mercia 1 2 13 29 84 279 1,242 1,649
West Midlands 1 3 58 40 257 922 4,484 5,765
West Yorkshire 1 5 49 59 225 590 3,052 3,981
Wiltshire 0 2 14 15 54 160 682 927
Dyfed-Powys 1 2 12 19 49 166 681 930
Gwent 1 2 10 15 55 196 818 1,097
North Wales 1 2 13 28 67 218 914 1,243
South Wales 1 4 26 35 151 401 2,095 2,713
Total of all 43 forces 44 134 1,151 1,449 5,621 16,722 78,047 103,169
NCS 1 2 18 28 80 182 767 1,078
NCIS 1 3 5 24 26 59 128 246
Other Secondments4 0 7 71 49 83 133 301 644
Total 2 12 94 101 189 374 1,196 1,968
Total police officer strength 46 146 1,245 1,550 5,810 17,096 79,243 105,137

Female Ranks
Police force Chief Constables Assistant Chief Constables Superintendents Chief Inspectors Inspectors Sergeants Constables Total Male Ranks
Avon and Somerset 0 0 1 6 9 34 418 468
Bedfordshire 0 0 3 2 5 12 174 196
Cambridgeshire 0 0 0 0 4 17 194 215
Cheshire 0 0 3 1 8 37 306 355
Cleveland 0 1 0 1 5 16 233 256
Cumbria 0 1 0 1 2 11 177 191
Derbyshire 0 0 3 2 1 22 266 293
Devon and Cornwall 0 0 1 1 11 43 469 525
Dorset 1 0 0 2 5 19 212 239
Durham 0 0 0 1 7 18 281 306
Essex 0 0 y 3 8 45 427 486
Gloucestershire 0 0 0 2 1 18 210 231
Greater Manchester 0 0 4 14 31 116 1,141 1,306
Hampshire 0 0 1 4 12 78 523 618
Hertfordshire 0 0 1 2 11 33 316 363
Humberside 0 0 0 1 8 16 323 348
Kent 0 0 1 7 9 56 587 666
Lancashire 1 1 3 4 15 50 511 585
Leicestershire 0 1 2 2 3 22 306 336
Lincolnshire 0 0 2 0 3 18 154 176
London, City of3 0 0 0 1 3 7 83 94
Merseyside 0 0 3 3 21 64 580 671
Metropolitan Police2–3 0 4 13 22 71 411 3,495 4,016
Norfolk 0 0 1 3 3 23 205 234
Northamptonshire 0 0 0 0 1 18 193 213
Northumbria 0 0 4 2 12 41 590 648
North Yorkshire 0 0 1 0 3 17 204 224
Nottinghamshire 0 0 0 4 4 26 340 374
South Yorkshire 0 0 4 1 14 68 534 620
Staffordshire 0 0 1 2 5 29 367 404
Suffolk o 1 1 1 5 12 180 199
Surrey 0 0 t 2 8 45 321 378
Sussex 1 0 2 3 14 54 429 503
Thames Valley 0 2 3 4 17 62 566 654
Warwickshire 0 0 1 1 3 5 140 149
West Mercia 0 1 3 1 10 25 305 345
West Midlands 0 1 3 5 27 129 1,502 1,667

Female Ranks
Police force Chief Constables Assistant Chief Constables Superintendents Chief Inspectors Inspectors Sergeants Constables Total Male Ranks
West Yorkshire 0 0 4 3 17 68 786 878
Wiltshire 1 0 1 1 3 17 203 225
Dyfed-Powys 0 0 0 0 1 17 150 168
Gwent 0 0 1 0 4 10 191 207
North Wales 0 0 1 1 0 23 223 248
South Wales 0 0 2 2 11 38 475 528
Total of all 43 forces 4 13 78 117 413 1,885 19,289 21,800
NCS 0 0 1 3 7 17 101 129
NCIS 0 0 0 0 1 3 21 25
Other Secondments4 0 0 2 7 14 27 90 139
Total 0 0 3 10 22 47 212 294
Total police officer strength 4 13 81 127 435 1,932 19,502 22,094

Police Force Total Police Ranks Total officers per 100,000 population Total Constables Constables per 100,000 population
Avon and Somerset 3,040 201.1 2,389 158.0
Bedfordshire 1,050 185.6 828 146.4
Cambridgeshire 1,350 184.8 1,056 144.7
Cheshire 2,021 205.3 1,547 157.1
Cleveland 1,434 257.6 1,136 204.1
Cumbria 1,075 218.8 840 171.1
Derbyshire 1,851 189.3 1,445 147.8
Devon and Cornwall 2,972 187.3 2,334 147.1
Dorset 1,360 194.8 1,057 151.4
Durham 1,600 263.8 1,262 208.0
Essex 2,937 180.3 2,287 140.4
Gloucestershire 1,169 206.9 911 161.3
Greater Manchester 7,036 272.1 5,586 216.0
Hampshire 3,449 193.1 2,644 148.0
Hertfordshire 1,843 175.4 1,434 136.5
Humberside 1,991 226.0 1,566 177.8
Kent 3,367 210.7 2,656 166.2
Lancashire 3,288 230.0 2,529 176.9
Leicestershire 2,062 219.6 1,671 178.0
Lincolnshire 1,184 186.7 905 142.6
London, City of3 699 — 517 —
Merseyside 4,095 291.8 3,225 229.8
Metropolitan Police2,3 25,374 353.5 19,422 270.4
Norfolk 1,436 178.6 1,107 137.6
Northamptonshire 1,180 188.5 935 149.3
Northumbria 3,893 275.3 3,075 217.5
North Yorkshire 1,390 184.3 1,072 142.2
Nottinghamshire 2,273 220.4 1,751 169.8
South Yorkshire 3,223 247.6 2,453 188.4
Staffordshire 2,119 199.9 1,632 154.0
Suffolk 1,146 168.5 897 132.0
Surrey 2,018 186.7 1,601 148.1
Sussex 2,837 186.3 2,136 140.3
Thames Valley 3,708 174.3 2,886 135.6
Warwickshire 930 182.3 741 145.4
West Mercia 1,994 173.9 1,546 134.8
West Midlands 7,432 283.8 5,986 228.6
West Yorkshire 4,859 229.0 3,838 180.9
Wiltshire 1,152 187.8 885 144.2
Dyfed-Powys 1,098 227.5 832 172.3
Gwent 1,303 233.9 1,009 181.0
North Wales 1,491 225.8 1,137 172.2
South Wales 3,241 260.2 2,571 206.3
Total of all 43 forces 124,969 236.0 97,337 183.9
NCS 1,207 868
NCIS 271 149
Other Secondments4 783 391
Total 2,261 1,408
Total police officer strength 127,231 240.3 100,153 182.4
1 This and other tables contain full-time equivalent figures that have been rounded to the nearest whole number. Because of rounding, there may be an apparent discrepancy between totals and the sums of the constituent items.
2 The Commissioner, Deputy Commissioner and Assistant Commissioners are counted as Chief Constables.
3 Officers per 100,000 population for City of London and Metropolitan Police are combined.
4 Secondments to Central Services and Inter-Force Units.