Police (Gwent) (Hansard, 20 January 2003)

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§ 19. Mr. Edwards
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will make a statement on police numbers in Gwent. [91442]

§ Hilary Benn
On 31 March 2002 Gwent police had 1,333 officers, a record number. Gwent was allocated 81 recruits from the Crime Fighting Fund for the three years to March 2003.
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The provisional grant settlement for 2003–04 provides Gwent with an additional £40,000 from the Crime Fighting Fund for further additional officers. We estimate that this will allow a strength increase of up to seven officers by the end of 2003–04.