Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many new police officers have (a) joined and (b) left the force in each year since 2024, broken down by police force.

The Home Office collects and publishes data on the number of police officers joining and leaving the police service, on both a headcount and full-time equivalent basis, in the ‘Police Workforce, England and Wales’ statistical bulletin which can be accessed here: https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/police-workforce-england-and-wales.

Information on the number of police officers joining the police service between the years ending 31 March 2007 to 2026, broken down by Police Force Area (PFA), can be found in the ‘Joiners Open Data Table’ here: https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/6a5f86c00dd52549f5f96c7e/open-data-table-police-workforce-joiners-220726.ods.

Information on the number of police officers leaving the police service, between the years ending 31 March 2007 to 2026, broken down by PFA, can be found in the ‘Leavers Open Data Table’ here: https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/6a5f86d3f869f6a53d0c8987/open-data-table-police-workforce-leavers-220726.ods.