(2) how many police officers per 100,000 residents there were in each police authority in England in each year since 1997.
The available data are given in the table. The relationship between the number of police officers and the number of members of the public are published in the form of “Total officers per 100,000 population” and these data have been provided.
Police strength data are published annually in the Home Office Statistical Bulletin series “Police Service Strength, England and Wales”. The latest publication (data as at 31 March 2006) can be downloaded from:
http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/rds/pdfs06/hosb1306.pdf
1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 Avon and Somerset 204 203 203 197 197 205 213 229 225 226 Bedfordshire 200 197 189 185 184 189 198 210 215 213 Cambridgeshire 188 184 179 172 179 187 196 197 194 196 Cheshire 209 208 211 204 204 209 217 224 223 223 Cleveland 261 266 255 252 253 263 294 314 305 308 Cumbria 233 237 229 220 213 224 237 254 257 256 Derbyshire 187 184 182 183 187 189 210 216 213 212 Devon and Cornwall 186 192 186 182 187 192 204 208 212 219 Dorset 189 192 186 189 196 198 205 209 211 216 Durham 240 249 258 256 263 266 281 288 293 288 Essex 197 193 190 183 178 181 186 192 198 203 Gloucestershire 205 198 197 200 209 209 219 229 230 228 Greater Manchester 268 270 265 264 268 279 298 323 321 318 Hampshire 198 199 197 193 193 195 208 211 212 211 Hertfordshire 205 202 198 201 184 174 191 204 206 208 Humberside 230 228 223 219 217 234 244 256 255 251 Kent 210 209 204 203 209 210 221 228 227 227 Lancashire 228 229 228 223 228 231 239 252 251 253 Leicestershire 211 214 215 215 218 224 232 246 246 241 Lincolnshire 196 193 184 179 191 189 191 189 185 183 London, City of * * * * * * * * * * Merseyside 296 297 298 290 291 294 302 303 318 315 Metropolitan Police 367 356 352 341 351 366 404 420 433 417 Norfolk 185 184 176 175 178 183 189 190 192 193 Northamptonshire 196 193 186 181 186 194 194 198 201 207 Northumbria 256 263 269 266 272 278 290 294 294 291 North Yorkshire 183 186 181 173 175 188 193 203 206 216 Nottinghamshire 225 225 216 214 214 226 239 245 245 243 South Yorkshire 242 244 243 243 245 246 252 261 260 259 Staffordshire 209 217 211 204 201 201 212 218 220 219 Suffolk 180 179 179 171 168 177 188 196 195 191 Surrey 209 207 212 227 192 184 182 183 184 184 Sussex 211 203 191 188 188 190 203 206 205 207 Thames Valley 180 183 180 178 175 177 186 195 198 202 Warwickshire 186 185 180 178 182 190 198 197 195 198 West Mercia 183 180 180 166 171 176 196 202 203 202 West Midlands 270 271 278 274 283 293 307 311 316 318 West Yorkshire 247 244 236 228 228 230 242 254 271 270 Wiltshire 195 195 192 185 184 189 190 198 198 196 1 Full-time equivalent figures are rounded to the nearest whole number. Figures up to 31 March 2002 ‘exclude’ staff on career breaks or maternity/paternity leave. The figures for 31 March 2003 onwards ‘include’ those on career breaks or maternity/paternity leave. 2 Officers per 100,000 population for city of London and Metropolitan police are combined. 3 Boundary changes on 1 April 2000 transferred some resources from the Metropolitan police to Essex, Hertfordshire and Surrey police forces.