The available data relate to the number of individuals primarily employed in the function of control room (call handlers). This function includes those staff who are predominately employed as control room operatives, or those who support such individuals, in either force or area control rooms including officers employed as telephonists.
The available data for police officers are from 2002-03 onwards, and the available data for police staff are from 2004-05 onwards, both are given in the tables.
2003 2004 2005 2006 Avon and Somerset 70 75 69 68 Bedfordshire 31 30 26 19 Cambridgeshire 51 42 39 29 Cheshire 51 49 84 81 Cleveland 46 1 0 0 Cumbria 22 19 21 18 Derbyshire 67 54 56 51 Devon and Cornwall 41 32 31 30 Dorset 29 30 29 28 Durham 89 97 89 88 Dyfed-Powys 16 16 12 11 Essex 81 69 59 51 Gloucestershire 52 46 40 32 Greater Manchester 245 232 226 221 Gwent 10 8 7 7 Hampshire 81 69 59 40 Hertfordshire 71 65 63 61 Humberside 70 70 57 79 Kent 0 0 35 32 Lancashire 115 116 100 74 Leicestershire 85 70 67 57 Lincolnshire 16 18 19 17 London, City of 34 30 32 26 Merseyside 151 123 116 95 Metropolitan Police 195 181 234 395 Norfolk 40 40 42 38 Northamptonshire 21 22 23 28 Northumbria 99 90 78 64 North Wales 68 62 60 47 North Yorkshire 25 28 29 33 Nottinghamshire 65 61 57 56 South Wales 49 48 40 45 South Yorkshire 59 43 35 28 Staffordshire 88 79 72 1 Suffolk 14 15 13 13 Surrey 54 56 53 43 Sussex 60 50 40 37 Thames Valley 109 90 78 67 Warwickshire 1 1 0 0 West Mercia 30 11 23 20 West Midlands 190 173 172 162 West Yorkshire 145 178 174 155 Wiltshire 38 38 36 37 1 This table contains full-time equivalent figures that have been rounded to the nearest whole number. Because of rounding, there may be an apparent discrepancy between the totals in this table and totals in similar published tables. 2 Staff with multiple responsibilities (or designations) are recorded under their primary role or function. The deployment of police officers is an operational matter for individual chief constables. This function includes those staff who are predominately employed as control room operatives, in either force or area control rooms including officers employed as telephonists.
2005 2006 Avon and Somerset 324 358 Bedfordshire 97 102 Cambridgeshire 125 112 Cheshire 193 184 Cleveland 10 9 Cumbria 111 108 Derbyshire 205 209 Devon and Cornwall 307 306 Dorset 125 132 Durham 107 109 Essex 223 216 Gloucestershire 110 n/a Greater Manchester 522 503 Hampshire 291 355 Hertfordshire 208 256 Humberside 139 154 Kent 383 412 Lancashire 349 347 Leicestershire 182 153 Lincolnshire 146 n/a London, City of 28 27 Merseyside 293 203 Metropolitan Police 1682 1684 Norfolk 131 137 Northamptonshire 138 145 Northumbria 226 227 North Yorkshire 158 181 Nottinghamshire 232 233 South Yorkshire 301 331 Staffordshire 252 178 Suffolk 113 130 Surrey 288 280 Sussex 271 263 Thames Valley 456 528 Warwickshire 104 97 West Mercia 281 235 West Midlands 307 n/a West Yorkshire 317 347 Wiltshire 122 134 Dyfed-Powys 43 58 Gwent 110 113 North Wales 95 n/a South Wales 218 222 1 This table contains full-time equivalent figures that have been rounded to the nearest whole number. Because of rounding, there may be an apparent discrepancy between the totals in this table and totals in similar published tables. 2 Staff with multiple responsibilities (or designations) are recorded under their primary role or function. The deployment of police officers is an operational matter for individual chief constables. This function includes those staff who are predominately employed as control room operatives, in either force or area control rooms including officers employed as telephonists. 3 Data are not available for 2002-03 to 2003-04.