HC Deb 09 February 2004 vol 417 cc1430-1W
David Davis

To 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 Blears

The 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.

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