§ David DavisTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) how many police officers there were in each police force in the United Kingdom in each year since 1997; [152596]
(2) how many (a) Ministry of Defence police officers, (b) British Transport Police officers, (c) UK Atomic Energy Constabulary officers, (d) Port of Dover Police officers, (e) National Crime Squad officers and (f) police force officers there were in each year since 1997. [152597]
§ Ms BlearsThe table gives the number of police officers from 1997 to 2003 in each police force area in England and Wales.
Information relating to Scotland and Northern Ireland are matters for my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Scotland and my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland.
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Police officer strength1 March 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 20032 Hertfordshire 1,759 1,740 1,724 1,767 1,922 1,825 1,957 Humberside 2,045 2,021 1,974 1,932 1,917 2,058 2,105 Kent 3,260 3,251 3,201 3,204 3,319 3,355 3,487 Lancashire 3,247 3,257 3,245 3,179 3,255 3,304 3,339 Leicestershire 1,949 1,983 1,993 1,993 2,032 2,100 2,114 Lincolnshire 1,196 1,191 1,140 1,115 1,202 1,198 1,221 City of London 859 825 778 732 703 764 808 Merseyside 4,230 4,216 4,211 4,085 4,081 4,125 4,099 Metropolitan Police 26,677 26,094 26,073 25,485 24,878 26,223 27,984 Norfolk 1,432 1,430 1,381 1,381 1,420 1,468 1,499 Northamptonshire 1,177 1,169 1,137 1,117 1,157 1,214 1,210 Northumbria 3,677 3,769 3,840 3,788 3,857 3,929 3,942 North Yorkshire 1,338 1,367 1,337 1,283 1,305 1,417 1,444 Nottinghamshire 2,323 2,323 2,225 2,204 2,275 2,330 2,411 South Yorkshire 3,159 3,182 3,168 3,163 3,197 3,199 3,183 Staffordshire 2,211 2,292 2,238 2,170 2,129 2,133 2,202 Suffolk 1,180 1,186 1,190 1,145 1,133 1,203 1,253 Surrey 1,620 1,608 1,662 1,785 2,066 1,992 1,906 Sussex 3,085 2,996 2,847 2,822 2,855 2,893 2,989 Thames Valley 3,695 3,776 3,748 3,740 3,703 3,762 3,833 Warwickshire 926 924 908 900 926 969 997 West Mercia 2,040 2,010 2,025 1,887 1,951 2,018 2,256 West Midlands 7,113 7,156 7,321 7,194 7,423 7,681 7,751 West Yorkshire 5,209 5,155 4,982 4,822 4,815 4,889 5,029 Wiltshire 1,154 1,156 1,151 1,118 1,120 1,157 1,158 Dyfed-Powys 1,005 1,002 1,026 1,040 1,055 1,132 1,149 Gwent 1,243 1,233 1,247 1,264 1,274 1,333 1,341 North Wales 1,369 1,396 1,391 1,403 1,444 1,506 1,539 South Wales 2,976 2,986 2,981 2,926 3,154 3,222 3,239 Total 125,051 124,756 123,841 121,956 123,476 127,267 131,426 1 Full-time equivalents 2 Comparable strength