These breakdowns are not collected centrally at London borough level.
(2) how many (a) police sergeants, (b) special constables and (c) traffic police officers were employed in (i) Jarrow constituency, (ii) South Tyneside, (iii) the North East and (iv) England in each year since 1997;
(3) how many police officers were employed in (a) Jarrow constituency, (b) South Tyneside, (c) the North East and (d) England in each year since 1997.
The available information is given in the following tables. Statistics for Jarrow constituency are not available centrally and figures for South Tyneside relate to the South Tyneside basic command unit.
Table A: South Tyneside basic command unit (BCU) Police officers (FTE)1 Police sergeants (FTE) Special constables (HC) Traffic police officers (FTE) Police community support officers (FTE)1,2 31 March 2005 346 — 26 — — 30 June 2005 — — — — 13 31 March 2006 352 — 25 — — 30 June 2006 — — — — 12 31 March 2007 362 — 23 — 25
Police officers (FTE)1,3 Police sergeants (FTE)1,3 Special constables (HC)4 Traffic police officers (FTE)1,5 Police community support officers (FTE)1 31 March 1997 6,597 952 877 — — 31 March 1998 6,767 966 708 — — 31 March 1999 6,824 955 627 — — 31 March 2000 6,750 942 617 — — 31 March 2001 6,859 937 539 — — 31 March 2002 7,004 959 475 — — 31 March 2003 7,272 990 417 — 47 31 March 2004 7,459 1,004 335 — 156 31 March 2005 7,515 1,045 397 275 270 31 March 2006 7,485 1,084 445 333 296 31 March 2007 7,425 1,097 487 344 504
Police officers (FTE)1,6 Police sergeants (FTE)1,3 Special constables (HC)4 Traffic police officers (FTE)1,5 Police community support officers (FTE)1 31 March 1997 118,459 17,743 18,732 — — 31 March 1998 118,184 17,585 17,159 — — 31 March 1999 117,196 17,715 15,396 — — 31 March 2000 115,323 17,438 13,512 — — 31 March 2001 116,440 17,489 11,949 — — 31 March 2002 120,074 17,518 10,897 — — 31 March 2003 124,158 17,664 10,449 — 1,146 31 March 2004 129,691 17,868 10,359 — 3,309 31 March 2005 131,950 19,220 11,285 6,548 5,946 31 March 2006 132,104 19,946 12,431 5,942 6,498 31 March 2007 132,474 20,736 13,221 5,832 12,856 ‘—’ Figures not collected centrally. 1 Full-time equivalents, rounded to the nearest whole number. 2 Figures for PCSOs at ECU level for 30 June 2005 and 30 June 2006 were obtained via an ad hoc collection, and are not necessarily consistent with those for 30 March 2007. 3 Excludes officers on career breaks and maternity/paternity leave prior to 2003 only. 4 Head count figures (FTE figures not appropriate for special constables). 5 Number of officers with the predominant function ‘traffic’ over the previous 12 months. 6 Excludes officers on career breaks and maternity/paternity leave over whole period.