To ask Her Majesty's Government which police forces in England and Wales employ police chaplains; and of those, which employ chaplains on a full-time basis.
Answered on
7 December 2017
The Home Office does not collect data on the number of police forces who employ police chaplains.
The Home Office does collect data annually on the function of police staff, including the number of full time equivalent staff employed in support functions. Within the support functions category is those in ‘Human Resources’ roles, which includes chaplaincy. However, this group also includes staff in other related roles, therefore it is not possible to separately identify chaplains.
This information can be found in the data tables published alongside the annual ‘Police workforce, England and Wales’ statistical bulletin, which can be accessed here: https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/police-workforce-england-and-wales