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The Home Office collects and publishes statistics on the number of police officers employed by each police force in England and Wales on a bi-annual basis. These data are published in the \u2018Police workforce, England and Wales\u2019 statistical bulletins. The Home Office does not collect information on the number of posts available.<\/p>
Detailed data on the number of officers in post, broken down by rank, gender and ethnicity are collected and published on an annual basis only. The requested data, representing the picture as at 31 March 2016, can be found in the attached Table_D1 accompanying the main release here:<\/p>