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West Mercia Police

Asked by Shaun DaviesLabourHome OfficeTabled Answered 29 April 2025UIN 45985

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many warranted police officers are in West Mercia Police for each year that data is available.

Answered by Dame Diana Johnson

The Home Office collects and publishes data on the size of the police workforce in England and Wales on a bi-annual basis in the ‘Police Workforce, England and Wales’ statistical bulletin, available here: https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/police-workforce-england-and-wales.

The latest information at the link above covers the situation as at 30 September 2024. Information on the number of police officers, broken down by police force area, at the end of each financial year (31 March) from 2007 to 2024 can be found in the ‘Police Workforce Open Data Table’ here: https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/678faaf93087686d77328ade/open-data-table-police-workforce-220125.ods

Data on the police workforce as at 31 March 2025 is due to be published in Summer 2025.

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