Written question asked by David Drew (Labour) on Wednesday, 1 November 2006, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 6 November 2006. It was answered by Tony McNulty (Labour) on Wednesday, 8 November 2006 on behalf of the Home Office.

Police

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many (a) full-time male, (b) full-time female, (c) part-time male and (d) part-time female police officers are in employment, broken down by police force.

Answer

The available data are given in the table.

Full-time and Part-time police officer strength by gender as at 31 March 2006
Headcount¹
	Female	Male
	Full-time	Part-time	Full-time	Part-time
Avon and Somerset	636	137	2,711	11
Bedfordshire	273	47	919	3
Cambridgeshire	307	34	1,118	2
Cheshire	442	77	1,722	0
Cleveland	300	55	1,360	3
Cumbria	294	67	923	5
Derbyshire	362	85	1,644	9
Devon and Cornwall	674	180	2,732	19
Dorset	260	80	1,197	4
Durham	360	46	1,320	3
Dyfed-Powys	218	50	938	7
Essex	714	119	2,503	38
Gloucestershire	240	84	1,005	7
Greater Manchester	1,700	211	6,208	11
Gwent	283	48	1,148	4
Hampshire	844	151	2,854	9
Hertfordshire	517	102	1,573	8
Humberside	426	101	1,737	4
Kent	770	151	2,768	15
Lancashire	732	122	2,812	8
Leicestershire	434	63	1,793	10
Lincolnshire	225	28	988	4
London, City of	169	17	693	3
Merseyside	794	101	3,433	10
Metropolitan Police	5,617	956	24,631	122
Norfolk	277	76	1,249	4
Northamptonshire	273	66	1,011	15
Northumbria	742	126	3,229	8
North Wales	336	36	1,274	1
North Yorkshire	347	45	1,275	1
Nottinghamshire	424	96	2,016	8
South Wales	627	92	2,613	2
South Yorkshire	691	104	2,539	7
Staffordshire	442	106	1,789	3
Suffolk	259	69	993	7
Surrey	474	74	1,442	6
Sussex²	606	177	n/a	n/a
Thames Valley	965	140	3,219	21
Warwickshire	212	31	807	0
West Mercia	484	84	1,838	4
West Midlands	1,913	339	6,039	25
West Yorkshire	1,216	224	4,299	16
Wiltshire	279	57	924	7
¹ Headcount figures relate to the total number of individuals employed by the police including those on long-term or other absence.
² Breakdown of data are not available for male officers in Sussex, the total headcount is 2,404 officers.

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