Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the average annual cost has been of (a) training and (b) employing a full-time (i) police officer, (ii) detective constable and (iii) police community support officer in each of the last three years.

The estimated average full-time equivalent employment costs for police officers and PCSOs (including pay, National Insurance and pension contributions) are set out below:

2016/17 Police Officer £50,300 PCSO £28,300

2015/16 Police Officer £48,800 PCSO £27,700

2014/15 Police Officer £48,000 PCSO £27,700

The average cost of a detective constable cannot be calculated separately. Training costs are not collected centrally. Training and development costs for officers and PCSOs are a matter for individual Police and Crime Commissioners.