Written Question·Home Office·UIN 105291

Police: Essex

Tabled: 13 January 2026

Answered: 19 January 2026

Named Day

Question

Mr Richard Holden

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) full time equivalent police officers and (b) headcount police officers there were in Essex Police as at 31 March in each financial year since 2019-20; and how many police officers (i) joi

Answer

Sarah Jones

The Home Office collects and publishes data on the number of police officers in post, and police officers joining and leaving the police service, on both a headcount and full-time equivalent basis, in the ‘Police Workforce, England and Wales’ statistical ...

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