Question 1

Please provide details of the total number employed, broken down by a) police officers and b) police community support officers and c) police staff excluding PCSOs, as at 1 April 2008, 1 April 2009,1 April 2010 and 1 April 2011

Question 2

Please provide the number (headcount) of i) full time and ii) part time police staff employees by gender taking a) voluntary early retirement; b) voluntary redundancy and c) made compulsorily redundant in each of the financial years 2008/09,  2009/10 and 2010/11. If you are not able to provide a break down between Full Time and Part Time employees, please provide an overall total, and if you are not able to provide a breakdown between voluntary and compulsory redundancies, please provide the total number of redundancies.

Please only count those employees who have left the police force, not those who are under threat or notice of redundancy.  Please also do NOT include employees whose fixed term contract has ended.

Question 3

For each year please provide a breakdown of the numbers (headcount) taking early retirement, voluntary redundancy or being made compulsorily redundant for each financial year for a) Police Community Support Officers and b) police staff excluding PCSOs. If you are not able to provide a breakdown between voluntary and compulsory redundancies, please provide the total number of redundancies.

Please only count those employees who have left the police force, not those who are under threat or notice of redundancy. Please also do NOT include employees whose fixed term contract has ended.

Question 4

The number (headcount) of agency staff supplied to the police force on a) 1 April 2008, b) 1 April 2009, 1 April 2010 and 1 April 2011 (if known).

Question 5

Please provide details of the basis on which police staff employees are compensated for redundancy.