How many police officers have been employed by each police force in each of the last three years, expressed on a per capita basis and showi…

The information is shown in the following tables.
Number of Police Officers (Whole-Time Equivalent) Per 1,000 Population
Force
| 2003
| 2004
| 2005

Central Scotland Police
| 2.61
| 2.71
| 2.95

Dumfries and Galloway Constabulary
| 3.25
| 3.32
| 3.25

Fife Constabulary
| 2.64
| 2.78
| 2.81

Grampian Police
| 2.42
| 2.56
| 2.62

Lothian and Borders Police
| 3.02
| 3.09
| 3.13

Northern Constabulary
| 2.50
| 2.47
| 2.52

Strathclyde Police
| 3.37
| 3.37
| 3.48

Tayside Police
| 3.00
| 2.99
| 3.01

Total
| 3.04
| 3.08
| 3.15


Year-on-Year Percentage Change
Force
| 2003
| 2004
| 2005

Central Scotland Police
| +2.35%
| +3.83%
| +8.86%

Dumfries and Galloway Constabulary
| +0.93%
| +2.15%
| -2.11%

Fife Constabulary
| +1.93%
| +5.30%
| +1.08%

Grampian Police
| +2.54%
| +5.79%
| +2.34%

Lothian and Borders Police
| +0.33%
| +2.32%
| +1.29%

Northern Constabulary
| +1.63%
| -1.20%
| +2.02%

Strathclyde Police
| +2.12%
| 0.00%
| +3.26%

Tayside Police
| +0.33%
| -0.33%
| +0.67%

Scotland
| +1.67%
| +1.32%
| +2.27%

Notes:
Police Officer Numbers (whole-time equivalent) from Quarterly Strength Returns from forces.
Population figures are mid-year estimate.