Police: Community Support Officers Lord Tope asked Her Majesty's Government: How many police community support officers are currently deployed by each police force across the United Kingdom.[HL7255] The Minister of State, Home Office (Baroness Scotland of Asthal) Information on community support officer (CSO) numbers on 31 March 2006 was published on 26 July 2006 as part of the Home Office Statistical Bulletin, Police Service Strength, England and Wales (no.13/06) at www.homeoffice.gov.uk/rds/pdfs06/hosbl306.pdf . A table of CSO strength in each force is below. There is no statutory basis for community support officers outside England and Wales. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Govt. Office Region |Police Force |Strength31.3.06fte| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |North East | |296 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | |Cleveland |100 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | |Durham |67 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | |Northumbria |129 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |North West | |723 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | |Cheshire |75 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | |Cumbria |17 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | |Gtr Manchester |251 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | |Lancashire |184 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | |Merseyside |196 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Yorkshire and the Humber | |674 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | |Humberside |20 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | |North Yorkshire |71 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | |South Yorkshire |121 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | |West Yorkshire |462 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |East Midlands | |408 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | |Derbyshire |42 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | |Leicestershire |136 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | |Lincolnshire |78 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | |Northamptonshire |40 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | |Nottinghamshire |112 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |West Midlands | |471 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | |Staffordshire |70 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | |Warwickshire |64 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | |West Mercia |85 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | |West Midlands |252 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Eastern | |568 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | |Bedfordshire |41 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | |Cambridgeshire |101 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | |Essex |192 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | |Hertfordshire |139 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | |Norfolk |65 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | |Suffolk |30 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |London | |2326 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | |City of London |11 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | |Metropolitan Police |2315 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |South East | |640 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | |Hampshire |30 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | |Kent |97 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | |Surrey |126 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | |Sussex |257 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | |Thames Valley |130 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |South West | |265 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | |Avon & Somerset |130 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | |Devon & Cornwall|74 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | |Dorset |61 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | |Gloucestershire |72 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | |Wiltshire |57 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Wales | |271 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | |Dyfed Powys |26 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | |Gwent |76 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | |North Wales |58 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | |South Wales |111 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |England and Wales | |6769 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Notes: Because of rounding, constituent parts may not necessarily sum to the totals.| | | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Lord Tope asked Her Majesty's Government: How many police community support officers are currently deployed without full security vetting by each police force in the United Kingdom.[HL7256] Baroness Scotland of Asthal The Association of Chief Police Officers (ACPO) has issued guidance applying the ACPO vetting policy to PCSOs on the same basis as for police officers. Information is not held centrally on the application of this policy.