Police Community Support Officers

(asked on 22nd October 2015) - View Source

Question to the Home Office:

To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many police community support officers there were in each police force in England and Wales in each year since 2010.


Answered by
Lord Bates Portrait
Lord Bates
This question was answered on 12th November 2015

The attached tablecontains statistics on the number of full-time equivalent police community support officers in each police force area in England and Wales as at 31 March 2010 to 31 March 2015.

Number of full-time equivalent1 police community support officers by police force area, England and Wales, as at 31 March 2010 to 31 March 20152
31-Mar-1031-Mar-1131-Mar-1231-Mar-1331-Mar-1431-Mar-15
Avon & Somerset430416365356334331
Bedfordshire1161251129496105
Cambridgeshire209200193174141148
Cheshire237221218208190225
Cleveland193178167161150123
Cumbria111104102768386
Derbyshire181177171183160163
Devon & Cornwall363353357421382346
Dorset164164153140154163
Durham175174173171152157
Dyfed-Powys838097143150147
Essex445404380331298262
Gloucestershire148139132138118128
Greater Manchester842837818793789804
Gwent143142191234206185
Hampshire347344340341323302
Hertfordshire262252257238190210
Humberside317309290298294273
Kent387364333297345352
Lancashire428386411368301331
Leicestershire233232236222235234
Lincolnshire149144152151145138
London, City of524438391211
Merseyside468440426378316353
Metropolitan Police4,6454,0092,7602,6842,0871,787
Norfolk275264254250247197
Northamptonshire164166161127134122
Northumbria438433424391234211
North Wales157159219262267243
North Yorkshire198182186173185196
Nottinghamshire268273264300332318
South Wales335304308430477411
South Yorkshire328311290335334314
Staffordshire237228209213215208
Suffolk173162164163181167
Surrey224229228210153123
Sussex377351335358349325
Thames Valley500506508483485459
Warwickshire1381361091139586
West Mercia279273271248237209
West Midlands811758711681676620
West Yorkshire763713728689679625
Wiltshire126133152140132129
England and Wales16,91815,82014,39314,20513,06612,331
1. This table contains full-time equivalent figures that have been presented to the nearest whole number but are actually provided unrounded.
2. These figures are published in the 'Police Workforce, England and Wales' statistical releases: https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/police-workforce-england-and-wales.

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