Hansard

Police: North West Region

Volume 463: debated on Monday 3 September 2007

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Tim Farron

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many full-time equivalent police officers there were in each of the five counties in the North West of England in each of the last five years. (152895)

Mr. McNulty

[holding answer 26 July 2007]: The information requested is set out in the following table.

Police Officer Strength1 (FTE)2 by Police Force as at 31 March 2003 to 31 March 2007

31 March each year

2003

2004

2005

2006

2007

Cheshire

2,137

2,204

2,207

2,218

2,235

Cumbria

1,154

1,241

1,260

1,265

1,273

Greater Manchester

7,391

8,111

8,119

8,071

7,992

Lancashire

3,380

3,579

3,586

3,635

3,628

Merseyside

4,112

4,129

4,339

4,302

4,441

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 totals and the sums of the constituent items. 2 Full-time equivalent includes those on career breaks or maternity/paternity leave.