Written Question·Home Office·UIN 109443

Police

Tabled: 28 January 2026
Answered: 5 February 2026

Question

Mr Paul Kohler

Liberal DemocratWimbledon

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many full-time equivalent police officers there were in England and Wales in each of the last five years.

Answer

Sarah Jones
The Home Office collects and publishes data on the size of the police workforce in England and Wales, on a bi-annual basis, as at 31 March and 30 September each year in the ‘Police Workforce, England and Wales’ statistical bulletin, available here: https:...

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