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Mr. Paul Marsden
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many special constables there were in West Mercia for each year since 1997. [134389]
Ms Blears
The number of Special Constables in West Mercia Constabulary since 1997 are set out in the table:
| At 31 March | Number |
| 1997 | 582 |
| 1998 | 512 |
| 1999 | 515 |
| 2000 | 476 |
| 2001 | 399 |
| 2002 | 339 |
| 2003 | 309 |