Thames Valley Police: Manpower

Dr. Starkey

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many police officers Thames Valley Police have employed in each year since 2005. (311250)

The available data can be seen in the following table.

These 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.

*Police officer strength (FTE)*^{1, 2}*for Thames Valley as at 31 March 2005 to 31 March 2009*
	Number
2005	4,189
2006	4,288
2007	4,260
2008	4,186
2009	4,317
¹ This table contains full-time equivalent figures that have been rounded to the nearest whole number. ²Figures include officers on career break or maternity/paternity leave.

Volume 504: debated on Monday 18 January 2010