The requested information is shown in the following tables.
Number of persons Region 2005 2006 2007 London 29 208 290 North West 95 269 298 North East 71 241 264 Midlands 44 139 198 Eastern 47 178 193 South East 60 215 272 South West 28 100 86 Wales 52 98 106 Total 426 1,448 1,707 Note: These figures have been drawn from administrative data systems. Although care is taken when processing and analysing the returns, the detail collected is subject to the inaccuracies inherent in any large scale recording system. Source: OMS Analytical Services, Ministry of Justice
Number of persons Force 2005 2006 2007 Avon and Somerset 2 34 25 Bedfordshire 7 11 18 Cambridgeshire 3 18 27 Cheshire 23 33 30 Cleveland 4 17 13 Cumbria 5 6 8 Derbyshire 5 25 25 Devon and Cornwall 5 22 19 Dorset 5 15 17 Durham 5 10 14 Essex 14 33 25 Gloucestershire 4 17 15 Greater Manchester 42 135 157 Hampshire 12 55 45 Hertfordshire 6 16 22 Humberside 10 12 27 Kent 1 32 46 Lancashire 14 39 54 Leicestershire 9 23 32 Lincolnshire 4 14 10 Merseyside 11 56 49 Metropolitan Police 29 208 290 Norfolk 3 18 16 North Yorkshire 5 16 23 Northamptonshire 5 17 19 Northumbria 9 71 55 Nottinghamshire 11 45 47 South Yorkshire 19 60 54 Staffordshire 4 23 26 Suffolk 7 18 17 Surrey 2 9 25 Sussex 3 20 22 Thames Valley 15 39 69 Warwickshire 3 12 17 West Mercia 9 19 27 West Midlands 28 85 128 West Yorkshire 19 55 78 Wiltshire 12 12 10 Dyfed-Powys 10 11 10 Gwent 6 11 24 North Wales 7 13 19 South Wales 29 63 53 Total 426 1,448 1,707 Note: These figures have been drawn from administrative data systems. Although care is taken when processing and analysing the returns, the detail collected is subject to the inaccuracies inherent in any large scale recording system. Source: OMS Analytical Services, Ministry of Justice