Question follow-through · 128709

Police

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many police officers there were in post as (a) full-time equivalents and (b) headcount as at 31 December 2025.

answeredHome Office

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Answering body
Home Office
Tabled
21 Apr 2026
Target answer date
27 Apr 2026
Answer
27 Apr 2026 · 6 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 21 Apr 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many police officers there were in post as (a) full-time equivalents and (b) headcount as at 31 December 2025.

  2. 27 Apr 2026

    Target answer date

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  3. 27 Apr 2026

    Answer published

    The Home Office publishes Accredited Official Statistics on the size of the police workforce in England and Wales on a biannual basis. Data is published in the ‘Police Workforce, England and Wales’ statistical bulletin as a snapshotat 31 March and 30 Sept...

Open official record

Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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