Ian C. Lucas – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Home Office

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Ian C. Lucas on 2016-01-18.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many police constables there were in North Wales in each year since 2010.

Mike Penning

The table provided contains statistics on the total number of full-time equivalent police officers and the number of these who hold the rank of constable in North Wales, as at 31 March 2010 to 31 March 2015.

As HM Inspectorate of Constabulary has made clear, there is no simple link between police numbers and crime levels, between numbers and the visibility of police in the community, or between numbers and the quality of service provided.