Question follow-through · 113327
Police
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) warranted Police Officers, (b) Police Community Support Officers and (c) Special Constables there were on (i) 31 March 2025 and (ii) 11 February 2026.
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- Answering body
- Home Office
- Tabled
- 12 Feb 2026
- Target answer date
- 24 Feb 2026
- Answer
- 24 Feb 2026 · 12 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
12 Feb 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) warranted Police Officers, (b) Police Community Support Officers and (c) Special Constables there were on (i) 31 March 2025 and (ii) 11 February 2026.
24 Feb 2026
Target answer date
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24 Feb 2026
Answer published
The Home Office collects and publishes data on the size of the police workforce in England and Wales, on a biannual basis, as at 31 March and 30 September each year in the Police Workforce, England and Wales statistical bulletin available here: https://ww...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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