§ Paddy TippingTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many community support officers are employed by each police authority. [151866]
§ Ms Blears[holding answer 2 February 2004]The table gives a breakdown of the number of Community Support Officers (CSOS) employed by each police authority.
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CSOs recruited to the end of January 2004 Authority5 Total CSOs recruited Avon and Somerset 46 Bedfordshire 8 Cambridgeshire 59 Cheshire 33 Cleveland 80 Devon and Cornwall 55 Dorset 7 Durham 27 Dyfed-Powys 5 Essex 77 Gloucestershire 60 Greater Manchester 160 Gwent 50
CSOs recruited to the end of January 2004 Authority Total CSOs recruited Hertfordshire 30 Kent 58 Lancashire 111 Leicestershire 44 Lincolnshire 44 Merseyside 78 Metropolitan Police 1,372 Norfolk 34 Northamptonshire 12 North Wales 8 North Yorkshire 37 Northumbria 45 Nottinghamshire 43 South Wales 63 South Yorkshire 42 Staffordshire 5 Suffolk 12 Surrey 64 Sussex 72 Thames Valley 6 Warwickshire 28 West Mercia 55 West Midlands 59 West Yorkshire 206 Wiltshire 24 Total 3,219