Staff

Dear Mr Casey

Reference No: RFI2009000558

Thank you for your request for information dated 03/08/2009 concerning
staff.

This request will be dealt with under the terms of the Freedom of
Information Act 2000.

Your request will now be considered and you will receive a response
within the statutory timescale of 20 working days as defined by the Act,
subject to the information not being exempt or containing a reference to
a third party. In some circumstances Thames Valley Police may be unable
to achieve this deadline. If this is likely you will be informed and
given a revised time-scale at the earliest opportunity.

I would like to take this opportunity to thank you for your interest in
Thames Valley Police.

Yours sincerely

Kirsty Hopgood
Freedom of Information

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Dear Mr Casey

Reference No: RFI2009000558

Thank you for your request for information dated 03/08/2009 which for
clarity I have repeated.

During the period 01 January 2008 to 01 January 2009:

1. How many Police Constables were employed by your force?

2. How many of these were transfers?

3. How many officers were promoted to higher ranks during the above

period?

4. How many current vacancies are there within the force and what

are these vacancies?

5. How many officers classify themself as Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual or

Transgender (LGBT)?

Your request for information has now been considered and our response is
detailed below.

Response to question 1 - As at 5 January 2009 there were 3273.03 FTE
Police Constables in Thames Valley Police. The total number of officers
(all ranks) at this time was 4,230.94.

Response to question 2 - During 2008-09 there were a total of 38.69
transfers in or back to Thames Valley Police of police officers.

Response to question 3 - Between 1 Jan 08 and 1 Jan 09 there were 138
officers promoted to a higher rank.

Response to question 4 - As at July 2009 there were 65.00 FTE Police Staff
Vacancies and 5.77 police officer vacancies. I am not obliged to provide
details of vacancies as this is exempt by virtue of Section 21 of the
Freedom of Information Act 2000 - Information available to the public by
other means. To assist you in this matter I have provided the following
web links.

[1]http://www.thamesvalley.police.uk/joinus...

[2]http://www.thamesvalley.police.uk/joinus...

[3]http://www.jobsgopublic.com/employer/Tha...

[4]http://www.totaljobs.com/IndustrySearch/...

Response to question 5 - Thames Valley Police does not hold statistical
information regarding LGBT officers.

Please contact me quoting the above reference number if you would like to
discuss this matter further and may I take this opportunity to thank you
for your interest in Thames Valley Police.

Yours sincerely,

M Hopgood

Freedom of Information Officer

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