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Written question asked by Lord Coaker (Labour) on Monday, 13 June 2011, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 16 June 2011. It was answered by Theresa Villiers (Conservative) on Thursday, 16 June 2011 on behalf of the Department for Transport.


British Transport Police: Manpower

Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what estimate he has made of the number of (a) police officers and (b) staff in the British Transport Police in (i) 2010, (ii) 2011, (iii) 2012, (iv) 2013 and (v) 2014.
Answer

Responsibility for setting staff numbers and budgets for the British Transport police rests with the British Transport police authority.The figures for 2009-10 to 2011-12 are shown as follows.

BTP—staff numbers
2009-10 2010-11 2011-12
Police officers 2,901 2,896 2,834
PCSOs 340 316 328
Police staff 1,431 1,417 1,440
Total 4,672 4,629 4,602

The headcount figures beyond that date are not known as the budgets have not yet been agreed.


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
60246; 529 c908W
Session
2010-12
Subjects
British Transport Police Staff
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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