Question to the Northern Ireland Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many police officers there are per head of population (a) in Northern Ireland, (b) in the Metropolitan Police Service area and (c) on average for all police forces in the UK.

There is currently 1 PSNI officer per 273 of the population in Northern Ireland.

The answers for part (b) and (c) are matters for the Home Office.