Provision of information held by Northumbria Police made under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (the 'Act')
As you may be aware the purpose of the Act is to allow a general right of access to information held at the time of a request, by a Public Authority (including the Police), subject to certain limitations and exemptions.
You asked:
- The force numbers (numbers of police officers employed by your force) over the last five years.
- Please separate these figures into yearly figures (by calendar year, not financial year).
- Please separate these figures by rank of officer within your force.
In Response:
Following receipt of your request, searches were conducted with the HR Department of Northumbria Police. I can confirm that the information you have requested is held by Northumbria Police.
I am able to disclose the located information to you as follows.
To note – figures will obviously fluctuate throughout the course of a year and therefore figures are as 31 December for each calendar year. As 2019 is not yet complete this is as of the time shown in the table below.
Rank |
2015 |
2016 |
2017 |
2018 |
2019 (as at 31/10/19) |
CC |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
DCC |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
ACC |
2 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
3 |
C/SUPT |
8 |
7 |
6 |
5 |
5 |
SUPT |
18 |
23 |
18 |
24 |
21 |
C/INSP |
40 |
45 |
47 |
50 |
50 |
INSP |
128.88 |
126 |
121.93 |
131 |
121 |
SGT |
445.18 |
438.06 |
435.93 |
440.22 |
461.48 |
PC |
2,725.21 |
2,602.14 |
2,559.86 |
2,452.44 |
2,394.78 |
Total Officers |
3,369.27 |
3,245.2 |
3,193.72 |
3,108.66 |
3,058.26 |
Following receipt of your request, searches were conducted with the HR Department of Northumbria Police. I can confirm that the information you have requested is held by Northumbria Police.
I am able to disclose the located information to you as follows.
To note – figures will obviously fluctuate throughout the course of a year and therefore figures are as 31 December for each calendar year. As 2019 is not yet complete this is as of the time shown in the table below.
Rank |
2015 |
2016 |
2017 |
2018 |
2019 (as at 31/10/19) |
CC |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
DCC |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
ACC |
2 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
3 |
C/SUPT |
8 |
7 |
6 |
5 |
5 |
SUPT |
18 |
23 |
18 |
24 |
21 |
C/INSP |
40 |
45 |
47 |
50 |
50 |
INSP |
128.88 |
126 |
121.93 |
131 |
121 |
SGT |
445.18 |
438.06 |
435.93 |
440.22 |
461.48 |
PC |
2,725.21 |
2,602.14 |
2,559.86 |
2,452.44 |
2,394.78 |
Total Officers |
3,369.27 |
3,245.2 |
3,193.72 |
3,108.66 |
3,058.26 |