Written question asked by Mark Hendrick (Labour) on Wednesday, 18 March 2015, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Friday, 20 March 2015. It was answered by Baroness Featherstone (Liberal Democrat) on Monday, 23 March 2015 on behalf of the Home Office.

Domestic Abuse: Lancashire

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many dedicated staff there were at each rank dealing with domestic violence at each police station in Lancashire in (a) 2013, (b) 2014 and (c) 2015.

Answer: Figures on the number of staff dedicated to dealing with domestic violence are not centrally held by the Home Office.

However, the Home Office does collect statistics on the number of police workers within the Child/Sex/Domestic/Missing function. Figures are only available at force level and cannot be broken down further. Data for 2015 have not yet been collected centrally and will not be available until the autumn.

The table provided shows the number of full-time equivalent police workers, by worker type, within the Child/Sex/Domestic/Missing function for Lancashire Constabulary, as at 31 March 2013 to 31 March 2014.

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