To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many (a) police officers and (b) police community support officers there were in Sussex in each of the last five years. (301272)

The available data are provided in the table.

This and other related data are published annually as part of the annual Police Service Strength Home Office Statistical Bulletin. The latest bulletin can be found at:

http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/rds/policeorg1.html

and bulletins for this and previous years are deposited in the Library of the House.