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 on
12 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-10 | 31-Mar-11 | 31-Mar-12 | 31-Mar-13 | 31-Mar-14 | 31-Mar-15 | |
| Avon & Somerset | 430 | 416 | 365 | 356 | 334 | 331 |
| Bedfordshire | 116 | 125 | 112 | 94 | 96 | 105 |
| Cambridgeshire | 209 | 200 | 193 | 174 | 141 | 148 |
| Cheshire | 237 | 221 | 218 | 208 | 190 | 225 |
| Cleveland | 193 | 178 | 167 | 161 | 150 | 123 |
| Cumbria | 111 | 104 | 102 | 76 | 83 | 86 |
| Derbyshire | 181 | 177 | 171 | 183 | 160 | 163 |
| Devon & Cornwall | 363 | 353 | 357 | 421 | 382 | 346 |
| Dorset | 164 | 164 | 153 | 140 | 154 | 163 |
| Durham | 175 | 174 | 173 | 171 | 152 | 157 |
| Dyfed-Powys | 83 | 80 | 97 | 143 | 150 | 147 |
| Essex | 445 | 404 | 380 | 331 | 298 | 262 |
| Gloucestershire | 148 | 139 | 132 | 138 | 118 | 128 |
| Greater Manchester | 842 | 837 | 818 | 793 | 789 | 804 |
| Gwent | 143 | 142 | 191 | 234 | 206 | 185 |
| Hampshire | 347 | 344 | 340 | 341 | 323 | 302 |
| Hertfordshire | 262 | 252 | 257 | 238 | 190 | 210 |
| Humberside | 317 | 309 | 290 | 298 | 294 | 273 |
| Kent | 387 | 364 | 333 | 297 | 345 | 352 |
| Lancashire | 428 | 386 | 411 | 368 | 301 | 331 |
| Leicestershire | 233 | 232 | 236 | 222 | 235 | 234 |
| Lincolnshire | 149 | 144 | 152 | 151 | 145 | 138 |
| London, City of | 52 | 44 | 38 | 39 | 12 | 11 |
| Merseyside | 468 | 440 | 426 | 378 | 316 | 353 |
| Metropolitan Police | 4,645 | 4,009 | 2,760 | 2,684 | 2,087 | 1,787 |
| Norfolk | 275 | 264 | 254 | 250 | 247 | 197 |
| Northamptonshire | 164 | 166 | 161 | 127 | 134 | 122 |
| Northumbria | 438 | 433 | 424 | 391 | 234 | 211 |
| North Wales | 157 | 159 | 219 | 262 | 267 | 243 |
| North Yorkshire | 198 | 182 | 186 | 173 | 185 | 196 |
| Nottinghamshire | 268 | 273 | 264 | 300 | 332 | 318 |
| South Wales | 335 | 304 | 308 | 430 | 477 | 411 |
| South Yorkshire | 328 | 311 | 290 | 335 | 334 | 314 |
| Staffordshire | 237 | 228 | 209 | 213 | 215 | 208 |
| Suffolk | 173 | 162 | 164 | 163 | 181 | 167 |
| Surrey | 224 | 229 | 228 | 210 | 153 | 123 |
| Sussex | 377 | 351 | 335 | 358 | 349 | 325 |
| Thames Valley | 500 | 506 | 508 | 483 | 485 | 459 |
| Warwickshire | 138 | 136 | 109 | 113 | 95 | 86 |
| West Mercia | 279 | 273 | 271 | 248 | 237 | 209 |
| West Midlands | 811 | 758 | 711 | 681 | 676 | 620 |
| West Yorkshire | 763 | 713 | 728 | 689 | 679 | 625 |
| Wiltshire | 126 | 133 | 152 | 140 | 132 | 129 |
| England and Wales | 16,918 | 15,820 | 14,393 | 14,205 | 13,066 | 12,331 |
| 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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