To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many full-time equivalent (a) police officers, (b) community support officers and (c) police civilian staff were employed by North Yorkshire Police as at March 2007. (151608)

The most recent statistics published by the Home Office show that, on a full-time equivalent basis, 1,671 police officers, 147 police community support officers and 1,128 police staff were employed by North Yorkshire police on 31 March 2007.

The figures were published on-line in the National Statistics publication “Police Service Strength, England and Wales, 31 March 2007”:

http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/rds/pdfs07/hosb1307.pdf