Information is not available for the full period requested. Data collected prior to 1 April 2003 are unreliable, and are not directly comparable with the more accurate figures collected since that time. The figures presented in the following table show full time equivalent (FTE) figures for the period 2003-2006. The figures for each year are as at 31 December.
Area PO NPS PO NPS PO NPS PO NPS Avon and Somerset 112.90 499.13 153.70 493.79 166.20 525.00 185.30 527.60 Bedfordshire 61.10 189.02 61.00 182.05 65.30 192.30 64.40 203.80 Cambridgeshire 85.35 225.32 78.27 223.12 79.30 242.18 83.40 251.03 Cheshire 112.30 354.69 113.90 345.00 124.30 375.04 128.95 377.53 Cumbria 59.90 173.69 57.50 171.84 63.30 189.06 70.30 197.35 Derbyshire 106.70 337.90 109.20 345.60 119.50 364.00 120.30 348.00 Devon and Cornwall 149.35 465.12 149.10 447.90 165.40 492.00 163.02 510.17 Dorset 68.00 200.50 66.79 212.09 75.60 225.87 72.03 222.76 Durham 86.50 261.80 96.70 290.47 99.50 297.10 101.90 297.61 Dyfed Powys 46.30 144.10 49.10 148.18 55.70 165.86 48.80 193.44 Essex 111.20 393.10 120.11 432.60 120.80 475.80 122.60 473.80 Gloucestershire 56.40 170.23 59.69 177.44 59.80 183.70 52.78 192.18 Gwent 68.10 236.10 67.30 235.50 65.30 256.60 92.10 280.10 Hampshire 173.59 515.74 190.40 518.50 197.40 582.60 187.20 601.70 Hertfordshire 65.90 212.70 71.70 220.30 73.20 228.20 62.40 246.86 Humberside 139.78 433.56 147.91 446.72 161.80 477.56 167.25 467.24 Kent 148.55 454.85 146.20 456.97 154.10 475.37 153.27 504.85 Lancashire 243.60 594.80 253.20 600.70 253.70 577.40 255.80 564.00 Leicestershire 125.00 393.30 138.20 442.00 153.20 466.80 154.00 477.80 Lincolnshire 61.60 230.95 63.60 228.06 67.10 228.91 71 03 252.84 London 840.50 2,510.00 835.41 2,398.30 821.40 2,557.54 830.17 2,856.73 Greater Manchester 399.80 1,204.20 404.40 1,305.27 385.80 1,340.16 455.79 1,409.83 Merseyside 241.50 723.10 268.43 776.18 281.20 783.03 267.95 753.13 Norfolk 76.88 239.72 79.85 238.27 86.40 283.67 78.35 303.33 North Yorkshire 75.80 208.00 88.60 228.40 89.60 222.55 86.50 229.99 North Wales 67.10 230.30 84.20 237.30 87.30 243.30 90.10 256.80 Northamptonshire 65.00 235.90 66.63 211.86 68.30 230.49 87.10 263.13 Northumbria 252.26 665,56 267.95 674.88 283.30 670.11 277.95 660.67 Nottinghamshire 171.50 488.70 166.11 492.12 168.20 545.20 177.00 570.70 South Wales 157.60 530.28 195.90 561.10 215.10 618.30 200.10 620.63 South Yorkshire 203.00 641.40 212.70 654.00 226.80 662.70 221.40 643.42 Staffordshire 147.10 390.80 152.30 415.30 160.60 421.40 163.30 418.70 Suffolk 81.75 209.36 83.00 207.56 86.10 222.70 86.04 236.10 Surrey 63.90 232.80 68.30 245.18 70.00 262.91 69.20 264.17 Sussex 123.30 330.48 128.74 363.35 147.10 402.04 151.62 427.21 Teeside 76.60 314.70 87.65 312.15 104.10 330.38 104.80 332.42 Thames Valley 176.70 594.30 176.40 610.70 180.20 622.20 180.40 649.00 Warwickshire 55.00 160.80 51.33 162.97 59.30 174 42 52 53 172.40 West Mercia 125.46 370.47 141.30 372.69 144.50 374.09 150.99 396.54 West Midlands 429.20 1223.70 444.50 1235.80 493.50 1339.97 497.42 1420.44 West Yorkshire 310.48 1,027.05 343.37 1,051 73 361.00 1,041.55 370.06 1,064.68 Wiltshire 48.90 145.60 44.30 149.00 54.20 172.00 61.60 188.30 Total 6,271.45 19,163.82 6,584.94 19,522.94 6,894.50 20,542.06 7,017.20 21,328.98