Police: South Yorkshire

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many (a) police officers there were in (i) 1997, (ii) 2001, (iii) 2005 and (iv) 2009 and (b) police community support officers there were in (i) 2005 and (ii) 2009 in South Yorkshire. (317108)

The figures requested are shown in the following table.

*Number of full-time equivalent (FTE) police officers and police community support officers (PCSOs) in post in South Yorkshire*
As at 31 March each year	Officers¹	PCSOs
1997	3,159	—
2001	3,197	—
2005	3,265	125
2009	3,017	328
¹ Number of FTE police officers less staff on career breaks and maternity leave.

Volume 506: debated on Tuesday 23 February 2010