Data on Police Workforce

Eddy Zou made this Freedom of Information request to Bedfordshire Police Automatic anti-spam measures are in place for this older request. Please let us know if a further response is expected or if you are having trouble responding.

The request was refused by Bedfordshire Police.

Dear Bedfordshire Police,

I’d like to request the following data. I kindly request your assistance in providing all the information below for each year from 2010 to 2019. If my requests exceed the costs, then I’d like to ask data for the years 2011, 2013, 2017 only.

1. Police Officer Numbers. Please provide data on the number of police officers for each operational command unit/basic command unit within the police force for the requested years. Specifically, I request the data to be broken down by the following ranks: Chief Superintendent, Superintendent, Chief Inspector, Inspector, Sergeant, Constable, Police Staff, Police Community Support Officer (PCSO), and Grand Total. Additionally, please include the headcounts for each rank within the relevant organisational/department categories (e.g., Neighbourhood Policing, Local Command Team, Local Offender Management, Partnerships, etc.) for each year requested.

In the event that providing the requested information exceeds the cost of compliance limits specified in Section 12 of the Act, I kindly request your assistance and advice under the Section 16 obligations of the Act as to how I can refine my request.
If you can identify any ways that my request could be refined, I would be grateful for any further advice and assistance.

Thank you for your time and I look forward to your response.

Yours faithfully,

Eddy Zou

FOI Team,

Our ref: FOI2023/03916

Dear Eddy Zou,

Thank you for your request for information which was received on 2nd June.
Your request is being considered under the terms of the Freedom of
Information Act 2000.

The Act requires that a response must be given promptly, and in any event
within 20 working days. We will therefore reply at the latest by 30th
June.

Please remember to quote the reference number above in any future
communications.

Yours sincerely,
Tara Egan

Freedom of Information,

Good morning,

With reference to the above Freedom of Information request, please be advised we are still in the process of conducting searches within the Force and as a result our response is likely to be delayed.

Please rest assured that your request is being dealt with expeditiously and a response will be despatched as soon as practicable.

Bedfordshire Police Force apologises for the delay.

Regards
Tara

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FOI Team,

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Dear Eddy Zou,

I am writing in response to your request for information, received 2nd
June.

Yours sincerely,
Tara Egan

Dear FOI Team,

Thank you for your reply. As clarification, I am interested in police force numbers at the basic command unit level, within the Bedfordshire Police Force. As I understand, this is not available in the Police Workforce Data on the UK government website (the website only reports data at the police force level, each police force could contain multiple basic command units). Therefore, I don't think this request is exempt under Section 21.

I acknowledge potential mid-year changes in resources and I am only interested in headcounts each year (at the beginning of each year). If it is not possible to find all the data, I request you provide data on total headcount (and disaggregated by ranks) for each basic command unit/basic operational unit in 2011, 2013, 2017. If it is not possible to provide data for all three years, I request you provide data in 2011 and 2017.

Yours sincerely,

Eddy Zou

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Dear Eddy Zou,

I am writing in response to your request for an internal review, received
10th August.

Yours sincerely,
Sharron Woodward