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<p>Advice and guidance on protective security and preparedness to terrorist threats
is provided by specialist Counter-Terrorism Security Advisors (CTSAs) who operate
in every police region.</p><p>We do not publically provide a breakdown of this funding
or resources by force, region or capability for security reasons. The number of CTSAs
in post in each year since 2010 was as follows:</p><p>April 2010 -191 (figure includes
Police Scotland and Police Service of Northern Ireland)</p><p>April 2011 – 227 (figure
includes Police Scotland and Police Service of Northern Ireland)</p><p>April 2012
– 226 (figure includes Police Scotland and Police Service of Northern Ireland)</p><p>April
2013 – 204 (figure includes Police Scotland and Police Service of Northern Ireland)</p><p>April
2014 – 188 (figures includes Police Scotland and Police Service of Northern Ireland)</p><p>April
2015 - 146 (England and Wales only, this figure includes 4 Counter Terrorism Awareness
Advisers, CTAAs, dedicated towards the provision of CT awareness advice).</p><p>April
2016 – 157 (England and Wales only, this figure includes 20 Counter Terrorism Awareness
Advisers dedicated towards the provision of CT awareness advice). The Government’s
aims to have 171 staff in post by the end of 2016/17 (145 CTSAs and 26 CTAAs). These
planned changes to resource are for the effective and efficient delivery of future
advice and guidance, whilst ensuring they maintain their fundamental role as part
of wider police capabilities to safeguard the security of the public.</p>
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