Asked by: Lord Hay of Ballyore (Democratic Unionist Party - Life peer)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask Her Majesty's Government how many full-time police officers there were in each police force area in England and Wales in 2020.
Answered by Baroness Williams of Trafford - Captain of the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms (HM Household) (Chief Whip, House of Lords)
The Home Office collects and publishes data on the size and composition of the police workforce in England and Wales on a biannual basis in the ‘Police workforce, England and Wales’ statistical bulletin, available here: Police workforce England and Wales statistics - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)
The latest officer numbers were released in the publication covering the situation as at 30 September 2020. Data covering the situation as at 31 March 2020 and previous years are available in open data format here: Police workforce open data tables - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)
The number of police officers (full time-equivalent, FTE) in the 43 territorial England and Wales forces as at 30 September 2020 is provided in the table below:
Police Officers, England and Wales | |
Force | FTE |
Avon & Somerset | 2,886 |
Bedfordshire | 1,300 |
Cambridgeshire | 1,597 |
Cheshire | 2,131 |
Cleveland | 1,373 |
Cumbria | 1,229 |
Derbyshire | 1,861 |
Devon & Cornwall | 3,197 |
Dorset | 1,268 |
Durham | 1,168 |
Dyfed-Powys | 1,183 |
Essex | 3,318 |
Gloucestershire | 1,200 |
Greater Manchester | 6,965 |
Gwent | 1,340 |
Hampshire | 2,812 |
Hertfordshire | 2,152 |
Humberside | 2,005 |
Kent | 3,836 |
Lancashire | 3,031 |
Leicestershire | 2,053 |
Lincolnshire | 1,073 |
London, City of | 811 |
Merseyside | 3,659 |
Metropolitan Police | 33,177 |
Norfolk | 1,684 |
North Wales | 1,587 |
North Yorkshire | 1,513 |
Northamptonshire | 1,343 |
Northumbria | 3,309 |
Nottinghamshire | 2,077 |
South Wales | 3,081 |
South Yorkshire | 2,574 |
Staffordshire | 1,681 |
Suffolk | 1,240 |
Surrey | 1,993 |
Sussex | 2,799 |
Thames Valley | 4,415 |
Warwickshire | 1,034 |
West Mercia | 2,256 |
West Midlands | 6,846 |
West Yorkshire | 5,391 |
Wiltshire | 1,019 |
Total | 132,467 |
While the ‘Police workforce, England and Wales’ statistical bulletin remains the key measure of the size of the police workforce, as part of the Police Officer Uplift Programme, the Home Office also publishes a quarterly update on the number of officers (headcount) in England and Wales. Data are available here: https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/police-officer-uplift-statistics
Asked by: Lord Hay of Ballyore (Democratic Unionist Party - Life peer)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask Her Majesty's Government how many police community support officers there were in each police force area in England and Wales in 2020.
Answered by Baroness Williams of Trafford - Captain of the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms (HM Household) (Chief Whip, House of Lords)
The Home Office collects and publishes data on the size and composition of the police workforce in England and Wales on a biannual basis in the ‘Police workforce, England and Wales’ statistical bulletin, available here: Police workforce England and Wales statistics - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)
The latest police community support officer numbers were released in the publication covering the situation as at 30 September 2020. Data covering the situation as at 31 March 2020 and previous years are available in open data format here: Police workforce open data tables - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)
The number of police community support officers (full time-equivalent, FTE) in the 43 territorial England and Wales forces as at 30 September 2020 is provided in the table below:
Police Community Support Officers (PCSO), England and Wales | |
Force | FTE |
Avon & Somerset | 315 |
Bedfordshire | 45 |
Cambridgeshire | 70 |
Cheshire | 187 |
Cleveland | 89 |
Cumbria | 67 |
Derbyshire | 191 |
Devon & Cornwall | 188 |
Dorset | 124 |
Durham | 129 |
Dyfed-Powys | 143 |
Essex | 104 |
Gloucestershire | 105 |
Greater Manchester | 552 |
Gwent | 131 |
Hampshire | 214 |
Hertfordshire | 195 |
Humberside | 166 |
Kent | 326 |
Lancashire | 267 |
Leicestershire | 190 |
Lincolnshire | 94 |
London, City of | 5 |
Merseyside | 189 |
Metropolitan Police | 1,260 |
Norfolk | -00 |
North Wales | 175 |
North Yorkshire | 233 |
Northamptonshire | 88 |
Northumbria | 178 |
Nottinghamshire | 160 |
South Wales | 352 |
South Yorkshire | 138 |
Staffordshire | 219 |
Suffolk | 42 |
Surrey | 156 |
Sussex | 275 |
Thames Valley | 283 |
Warwickshire | 83 |
West Mercia | 217 |
West Midlands | 467 |
West Yorkshire | 576 |
Wiltshire | 125 |
Total | 9,115 |
While the ‘Police workforce, England and Wales’ statistical bulletin remains the key measure of the size of the police workforce, as part of the Police Officer Uplift Programme, the Home Office also publishes a quarterly update on the number of officers (headcount) in England and Wales. Data are available here: https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/police-officer-uplift-statistics
Asked by: Lord Hay of Ballyore (Democratic Unionist Party - Life peer)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask Her Majesty's Government how many police constables there were in each police force area in England and Wales in 2019.
Answered by Baroness Williams of Trafford - Captain of the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms (HM Household) (Chief Whip, House of Lords)
The Home Office collects and publishes data on the size and composition of the police workforce in England and Wales on a biannual basis in the ‘Police workforce, England and Wales’ statistical bulletin, available here: Police workforce England and Wales statistics - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk) The latest officer numbers were released in the publication covering the situation as at 30 September 2020. Data covering the situation as at 31 March 2020 and previous years are available in open data format here: Police workforce open data tables - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk) Total officer numbers are collected and published twice each year covering the situation as at 31 March and 30 September. Data covering officer rank, however, is collected only once and covers the situation as at 31 March. The number of police constables (full time-equivalent, FTE) in the 43 territorial England and Wales forces as at 31 March 2019 is provided in the table below:
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Asked by: Lord Hay of Ballyore (Democratic Unionist Party - Life peer)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask Her Majesty's Government how many police constables there were in each police force area in England and Wales in 2020.
Answered by Baroness Williams of Trafford - Captain of the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms (HM Household) (Chief Whip, House of Lords)
The Home Office collects and publishes data on the size and composition of the police workforce in England and Wales on a biannual basis in the ‘Police workforce, England and Wales’ statistical bulletin, available here: Police workforce England and Wales statistics - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)
The latest officer numbers were released in the publication covering the situation as at 30 September 2020. Data covering the situation as at 31 March 2020 and previous years are available in open data format here: Police workforce open data tables - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)
Total officer numbers are collected and published twice each year covering the situation as at 31 March and 30 September. Data covering officer rank, however, is collected only once and covers the situation as at 31 March.
The number of police constables (full time-equivalent, FTE) in the 43 territorial England and Wales forces as at 31 March 2020 is provided in the table below:
Constables, England and Wales | |
Force | Constables |
Avon & Somerset | 2,197 |
Bedfordshire | 998 |
Cambridgeshire | 1,249 |
Cheshire | 1,622 |
Cleveland | 1,053 |
Cumbria | 939 |
Derbyshire | 1,472 |
Devon & Cornwall | 2,328 |
Dorset | 917 |
Durham | 876 |
Dyfed-Powys | 843 |
Essex | 2,647 |
Gloucestershire | 896 |
Greater Manchester | 5,329 |
Gwent | 1,031 |
Hampshire | 2,058 |
Hertfordshire | 1,628 |
Humberside | 1,549 |
Kent | 2,985 |
Lancashire | 2,320 |
Leicestershire | 1,521 |
Lincolnshire | 774 |
London, City of | 547 |
Merseyside | 2,851 |
Metropolitan Police | 26,077 |
Norfolk | 1,275 |
North Wales | 1,143 |
North Yorkshire | 1,117 |
Northamptonshire | 962 |
Northumbria | 2,481 |
Nottinghamshire | 1,635 |
South Wales | 2,262 |
South Yorkshire | 1,898 |
Staffordshire | 1,291 |
Suffolk | 956 |
Surrey | 1,441 |
Sussex | 2,150 |
Thames Valley | 3,337 |
Warwickshire | 801 |
West Mercia | 1,717 |
West Midlands | 5,120 |
West Yorkshire | 4,363 |
Wiltshire | 758 |
Total | 101,415 |
While the ‘Police workforce, England and Wales’ statistical bulletin remains the key measure of the size of the police workforce, as part of the Police Officer Uplift Programme, the Home Office also publishes a quarterly update on the number of officers (headcount) in England and Wales. Data are available here: https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/police-officer-uplift-statistics
Asked by: Lord Hay of Ballyore (Democratic Unionist Party - Life peer)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask Her Majesty's Government how many police community support officers there were in each police force area in England and Wales in 2019.
Answered by Baroness Williams of Trafford - Captain of the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms (HM Household) (Chief Whip, House of Lords)
The Home Office collects and publishes data on the size and composition of the police workforce in England and Wales on a biannual basis in the ‘Police workforce, England and Wales’ statistical bulletin, available here: Police workforce England and Wales statistics - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)
The latest police community support officer numbers were released in the publication covering the situation as at 30 September 2020. Data covering the situation as at 31 March 2020 and previous years are available in open data format here: Police workforce open data tables - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)
The number of police community support officers (full time-equivalent, FTE) in the 43 territorial England and Wales forces as at 30 September 2019 is provided in the table below:
Police Community Support Officers (PCSO), England and Wales | |
Force | FTE |
Avon & Somerset | 313 |
Bedfordshire | 51 |
Cambridgeshire | 73 |
Cheshire | 194 |
Cleveland | 128 |
Cumbria | 76 |
Derbyshire | 174 |
Devon & Cornwall | 199 |
Dorset | 115 |
Durham | 126 |
Dyfed-Powys | 144 |
Essex | 111 |
Gloucestershire | 106 |
Greater Manchester | 575 |
Gwent | 129 |
Hampshire | 233 |
Hertfordshire | 209 |
Humberside | 184 |
Kent | 300 |
Lancashire | 248 |
Leicestershire | 177 |
Lincolnshire | 101 |
London, City of | 5 |
Merseyside | 211 |
Metropolitan Police | 1,273 |
Norfolk | 0 |
North Wales | 191 |
North Yorkshire | 178 |
Northamptonshire | 98 |
Northumbria | 215 |
Nottinghamshire | 167 |
South Wales | 365 |
South Yorkshire | 177 |
Staffordshire | 211 |
Suffolk | 42 |
Surrey | 108 |
Sussex | 253 |
Thames Valley | 349 |
Warwickshire | 83 |
West Mercia | 225 |
West Midlands | 436 |
West Yorkshire | 594 |
Wiltshire | 144 |
Total | 9,292 |
While the ‘Police workforce, England and Wales’ statistical bulletin remains the key measure of the size of the police workforce, as part of the Police Officer Uplift Programme, the Home Office also publishes a quarterly update on the number of officers (headcount) in England and Wales. Data are available here: https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/police-officer-uplift-statistics
Asked by: Lord Hay of Ballyore (Democratic Unionist Party - Life peer)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask Her Majesty's Government how many UK citizens that have been arrested following extradition requests from other nations were extradited to the country of their arrest in each year since 2018.
Answered by Baroness Williams of Trafford - Captain of the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms (HM Household) (Chief Whip, House of Lords)
It may assist if the following is explained.
Thus, the arrest of an individual sought for extradition would take place in the territory to which a request has been sent. If extradition is to proceed, after the legal process has concluded, and extradition is to proceed, the individual will be extradited to the territory which made the request. As such, the question has been interpreted to reflect those provisions and the response relates only to those extradition requests received by the Home Office.
Twenty British nationals have been extradited to the requesting territory since 2018, eight of whom were dual nationals.
Year | Number extradited | Territory | Number of dual nationals |
2021 | 1 | India | N/A |
2020 | 6 | USA, the Falkland Islands | 3 |
2019 | 8 | Australia, Canada, Switzerland, Norway, USA | 4 |
2018 | 5 | Albania, Antigua & Barbuda, USA, Peru | 1 |
All figures are from local management information and have not been quality assured to the level of published National Statistics. As such they should be treated as provisional and therefore subject to change. As implied above, the figures do not include arrests made in Scotland.
Asked by: Lord Hay of Ballyore (Democratic Unionist Party - Life peer)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of current levels of (1) knife crime, (2) anti-social behaviour, and (3) gun crime, in England and Wales.
Answered by Baroness Williams of Trafford - Captain of the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms (HM Household) (Chief Whip, House of Lords)
The ONS published the findings from the Crime Survey for England and Wales (for year ending March 2020) on 8 September 2020, which included a section on perceptions of anti-social behaviour (ASB) incidents. The report noted that 7% of all adults in England and Wales reported a high-level of perceived ASB, a similar proportion to the year ending March 2019 and an overall reduction in the perception of high-levels of ASB since 2003 (21%). Furthermore, firearms offences recorded by the police in England and Wales decreased by 7% in the year ending September 2020, compared with the previous year (to 6,242 offences). And offences involving the use of knives or sharp instruments decreased by 3% over the same period (to 47,119 offences).
Asked by: Lord Hay of Ballyore (Democratic Unionist Party - Life peer)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask Her Majesty's Government what discussions they have had with (1) the devolved administrations, and (2) the government of the Republic of Ireland, about legal high psychoactive substances.
Answered by Baroness Williams of Trafford - Captain of the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms (HM Household) (Chief Whip, House of Lords)
The Psychoactive Substances Act 2016 (“the 2016 Act”) made it an offence (with limited exceptions) to supply, possess with intent to supply, produce, import or export psychoactive substances. Substances that were previously referred to informally as “legal highs” have been subject to these provisions since the 2016 Act came into force, provided they satisfy the definition of a psychoactive substance and are not exempt under the 2016 Act.
The Home Office regularly engages with the government of the Republic of Ireland on a wide range of topics and we continue to engage with Devolved Administrations on drugs policy. In February this year, the Crime and Policing Minister, Kit Malthouse, held a UK Drugs Summit, bringing together experts and Ministers from all four nations of the United Kingdom. A follow up UK Drugs Ministerial took place in September, continuing the conversation on drug misuse with Ministers and eminent experts from across the UK
Asked by: Lord Hay of Ballyore (Democratic Unionist Party - Life peer)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the steps being taken to address cross-border crime involving (1) people, and (2) fuel smuggling, between the UK and the Republic of Ireland.
Answered by Baroness Williams of Trafford - Captain of the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms (HM Household) (Chief Whip, House of Lords)
The UK’s approach to the Common Travel Area (CTA) is that there are no routine immigration controls on journeys to the UK from Ireland and the Crown Dependencies. Both the UK and Irish Governments are committed to taking all necessary measures to continue to protect this joint agreement and secure the CTA.
The Home Office, Ireland’s Garda National Immigration Bureau and Border Management Unit, the Police Service of Northern Ireland and other police forces work together to tackle abuse of the Common Travel Area by conducting intelligence-led checks and enforcement operations.
Our priority will always be to keep the British public safe and we are determined to remove foreign criminals from the UK wherever it is legal and practical to do so.
The Government remains committed to tackling all forms of tax evasion and avoidance. The estimated tax gap for diesel in Northern Ireland remains at 6% maintaining an all-time low.
Extensive multi-agency, cross border cooperation is a key element of the operational response to fuel fraud. HMRC chairs a multi-agency cross border Smuggling Group, a sub-group of the NI Organised Crime Task Force. The group shares intelligence and information, and coordinates targeted joint operations to tackle criminals who deal in illicit fuel and cheat the exchequers in the UK and Ireland.
HMRC has maintained its capacity for fuel testing and investigation of fuel fraud in NI. HMRC activity focuses on detecting and deterring outlets facilitating the supply of illicit fuel, with special units performing risk-based interventions throughout the fuel supply chain; at fuel retailers, wholesalers, and at “huckster” sites.
Asked by: Lord Hay of Ballyore (Democratic Unionist Party - Life peer)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of trends in the level of unsolved crime in rural areas across the United Kingdom.
Answered by Baroness Williams of Trafford - Captain of the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms (HM Household) (Chief Whip, House of Lords)
Justice and policing is devolved to Northern Ireland and Scotland. The Government does not hold relevant data on levels of unsolved crime in rural areas across England and Wales.
Across England and Wales, it is the responsibility of Chief Constables and Police and Crime Commissioners to make sure criminal cases are investigated properly. Together with the Crown Prosecution Service they must make sure cases are charged where there is sufficient evidence, and it is in the public interest to do so.