The available data are provided in the tables.
Police personnel statistics are not collected at the requested level. Data are collected at basic command unit level (which is equivalent to operational command units in west midlands). Data have been provided for the west midlands operational command units covering the Birmingham area (D1-D2, E1-E3 and F1-F3).
These and other related data are published annually as a supplementary 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.
2002 2003 2004 20054 West midlands Officer PCSO Officer PCSO Officer PCSO Officer PCSO D1 340 n/a 346 n/a 358 n/a 378 8 D2 347 n/a 342 n/a 356 n/a 360 23 D3 379 n/a 398 n/a 395 n/a 403 0 E1 344 n/a 334 n/a 334 n/a 343 4 E2 323 n/a 323 n/a 320 n/a 318 10 E3 286 n/a 295 n/a 292 n/a 296 8 F1 369 n/a 389 n/a 398 n/a 389 24 F2 302 n/a 300 n/a 308 n/a 305 12 F3 304 n/a 314 n/a 317 n/a 318 8 Total 2,992 n/a 3,039 n/a 3,077 n/a 3,110 97
West midlands Officer PCSO Officer PCSO Officer PCSO Officer PCSO D1 372 10 371 30 381 40 387 50 D2 348 23 343 29 336 34 335 37 D3 399 0 401 25 399 31 418 39 E1 329 4 325 27 342 35 330 37 E2 304 10 306 25 310 28 305 29 E3 290 8 286 26 293 26 314 33 F1 371 27 376 23 384 26 385 26 F2 291 12 297 28 302 31 300 32 F3 308 8 307 25 317 27 333 38 Total 3,013 102 3,012 238 3,065 278 3,106 319 1 Police personnel data are not collected at the requested level. Data are collected at basic command unit level (which is equivalent to operational command units in west midlands). Data have been provided for the west midlands operational command units covering the Birmingham area (D1-D3, E1-E3 and F1-F3). 2 These figures are based on full-time equivalents that have been rounded to the nearest whole number; due to rounding there may be an apparent discrepancy between totals and the sums of constituent items. Figures include those officers on career breaks or maternity/paternity leave. 3 Data by basic command unit are only available from 31 March 2002 for police officers and from 31 March 2007 for police community support officers. 4 Police community support officer data are at 30 June for 2005 and 2006. This was a special collection made until data were included in the main statistical run.