To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many staff were employed by (a) HM Inspectorate of Constabulary, (b) the Police Standards Unit and (c) the Police Complaints Authority in each year since 1997; and how many were directly involved in inspections in each case. [104696]

The number of staff employed by Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary (HMIC), the Police Standards Unit (PSU) and the Police Complaints Authority (PCA) in each year since 1997 is as follows:

Unit	1997–98	1998–99	1999–2000	2000–01	2001–02	2002–03
HMIC	82	83	85	95	102	106
PSU	0	0	0	0	17	59
PCA	64	60.5	65	73	79.5	96

Over this period it is estimated that an average of 80 per cent. of HMIC staff were directly employed on inspections. For 2002–03 this equates to 88 staff.

	March						September
	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2002
Police officer strength	1,180	1,186	1,190	1,145	1,133	1,203	1,228
Special constables	379	397	420	391	349	308	n/a
Civilian staff	522	583	594	600	621	692	n/a

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many (a) full time police officers, (b) special constables and (c) civilian police support staff there were in the Suffolk constabulary in each year since 1997; and what the ratio per head of population was in each case. [104814]

	March						September
Eastern region	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2002
Bedfordshire
Police officer strength	1,094	1,079	1,041	1,028	1,036	1,069	1,086
(100,000 population)	(200)	(197)	(189)	(185)	(184)	(189)	(192)
Civilian staff	484	523	483	490	491	524	n/a
(100,000 population)	(89)	(95)	(87)	(88)	(87)	(93)	n/a
Cambridgeshire
Police officer strength	1,302	1,291	1,274	1,237	1,296	1,362	1,398
(100,000 population)	(188)	(184)	(179)	(172)	(179)	(187)	(197)
Civilian staff	607	574	586	503	614	733	n/a
(100,000 population)	(87)	(82)	(82)	(70)	(85)	(100)	n/a
Essex*
Police officer strength	2,961	2,928	2,891	2,806	2,897	2,946	2,958
(100,000 population)	(197)	(193)	(190)	(183)	(179)	(181)	(185)
Civilian staff	1,199	1,252	1,273	1,348	1,447	1,571	n/a
(100,000 population)	(80)	(83)	(84)	(88)	(89)	(96)	n/a
Hertfordshire*
Police officer strength	1,759	1,740	1,724	1,767	1,922	1,825	1,902
(100,000 population)	(205)	(202)	(198)	(201)	(184)	(174)	(184)
Civilian staff	818	831	835	890	935	1,121	n/a
(100,000 population)	(95)	(96)	(96)	(101)	(90)	(107)	n/a