Written question asked by Adrian Flook (Conservative) on Wednesday, 2 February 2005, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 21 February 2005. It was answered by Hazel Blears (Labour) on Monday, 21 February 2005 on behalf of the Home Office.

Home Office

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) police officers and (b) civilian personnel were assigned to each basic command unit of the Avon and Somerset Constabulary in each year since 1997. - Inc table and figures. (Holding answer 7 February 2005).

Answer: Mr. Flook: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many (a) police officers and (b) civilian personnel were assigned to each basic command unit of the Avon and Somerset constabulary in each year since 1997. [214651] Ms Blears :[holding answer 7 February 2005]: Police officer strength by basic command unit was not collected centrally prior to 31 March 2002 and police staff prior to 31 March 2003. The available information for Avon and Somerset constabulary is given in the table. _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Police officers Police staff 20021 20031 20041 20031 20041 Bath and North East 228 224 224 43 56 Somerset Central Bristol 367 378 385 51 71 North Bristol 263 255 270 42 49 North Somerset 203 213 227 49 61 Somerset East 255 257 266 66 89 Somerset West 295 295 308 65 99 South Bristol 251 251 258 46 52 South Gloucestershire 265 263 267 55 61 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. 1 As at 31 March.

Secondary information

Type: Written question
Reference: 431 c444W;431 c442W; 214651
Session: 2004-05
Subjects: Civilians Avon Police Police authorities Somerset Avon and Somerset Police
Contains statistics: Yes
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