Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what information her Department holds on the number of serving police officers that have opted out of the police pension scheme.

The Home Office does not publish information on the number of serving police officers that have opted out of the police pension scheme.

The Home Office collects and publishes data on the number of serving police officers in England and Wales, on a bi-annual basis in the ‘Police Workforce, England and Wales’ statistical bulletin. The Home Office also provides a quarterly update on the number of police officers (headcount terms only), as part of the Police Officer Uplift Programme, in the ‘Police Officer Uplift’ statistical bulletin.