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Commons · Question 128709 · Tabled 21 Apr 2026 · Home Office · Official record

Answered 27 Apr 2026

Question

Asked by Chris Philp

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many police officers there were in post as (a) full-time equivalents and (b) headcount as at 31 December 2025.

Answer

Answered by Sarah Jones, 27 Apr 2026

The Home Office publishes Accredited Official Statistics on the size of the police workforce in England and Wales on a biannual basis. Data is published in the ‘Police Workforce, England and Wales’ statistical bulletin as a snapshotat 31 March and 30 Sept...