Question follow-through · 47648

Police

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what data her Department holds on the cumulative number of years of experience of police officers by force.

answeredHome Office

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Answering body
Home Office
Tabled
24 Apr 2025
Target answer date
29 Apr 2025
Answer
29 Apr 2025 · 5 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 24 Apr 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what data her Department holds on the cumulative number of years of experience of police officers by force.

  2. 29 Apr 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 29 Apr 2025

    Answer published

    The Home Office collects and publishes data annually on the length of service of police officers in post, as at 31 March each year, in the ‘Police workforce, England and Wales’ statistical bulletin, available at https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/p...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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