Police: Cheshire

Home Office written question – answered at on 16 June 2015.

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Photo of Derek Twigg Derek Twigg Labour, Halton

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many police officers were employed in Cheshire in each year since 1997.

Photo of Mike Penning Mike Penning The Minister of State, Home Department, The Minister of State, Ministry of Justice

The table provided contains statistics on the number of full-time equivalent police officers employed by Cheshire Police as at 31 March each year from 1997 to 2014 and as at 30 September 2014 (the latest available figures).

As HMIC has made clear, there is no simple link between officer numbers and crime levels, between numbers and the visibility of police in the community, or between numbers and the quality of service provided.

Full-time equivalent police officers (Excel SpreadSheet, 10.56 KB)

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