Police Matthew Taylor To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many police officers per head of population were employed in Cornwall in each of the last 10 years. [124447] Ms Blears Information for the last 10 years is only available at force level and is provided on the basis of the number of police officers per 100,000 population. ---------------- |As at 31 March| ---------------- |1993 | ---------------- |1994 | ---------------- |1995 | ---------------- |1996 | ---------------- |1997 | ---------------- |1998 | ---------------- |1999 | ---------------- |2000 | ---------------- |2001 | ---------------- |2002 | ---------------- By 30 September 2002 Devon and Cornwall police had 3,145 offices, a record number. The latest figure for civilian staff is 1,639 at 31 March 2002.