Written question asked by Gordon Prentice (Labour) on Tuesday, 21 October 2008, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 23 October 2008. It was answered by Lord Coaker (Labour) on Monday, 3 November 2008 on behalf of the Home Office.

Lancashire Constabulary: Special Constables

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many special constables there were in Lancashire Constabulary in each year since 2004, broken down by police division.

Answer

The available data are given in the following table.

Special constable strength¹,² Lancashire
	2003-04	2004-05	2005-06	2006-07	2007-08
Lancashire Central	31	39	48	70	85
Lancashire Eastern	60	48	58	55	50
Lancashire Northern	49	43	51	48	47
Lancashire Southern	86	83	92	89	80
Lancashire Western	38	42	47	51	62
Pennine	62	60	67	63	66
Central services	10	4	3	3	3
Total	326	315	363	376	390
¹ Figures given as headcount values. ² Figures correct as at 31 March in each given year.

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