01/FOI/26/007704/P - PEQF

Request:

Please provide the following information for the five-year period immediately preceding the introduction of the Police Education Qualifications Framework (PEQF): 

1. The total number of police officers recruited in each year.
2. The number of those officers who successfully completed their probationary period.
3. The number of those officers who remain serving in the rank of Police Constable.
4. For officers recruited during this period who are no longer serving, please provide:

• The number who left voluntarily (resignation).
• The number who were dismissed.
• Any other recorded reasons for leaving, with the number of officers in each category. 

Where possible, please provide the data broken down by recruitment year and officer entry route.

Response:

Humberside Police can confirm we do the information you requested.

1. The total number of police officers recruited in each year.

2015: 66

2016: 131

2017: 222

2018: 275

2019: 94

 

2. The number of those officers who successfully completed their probationary period.

2015: 62

2016: 121

2017: 208

2018: 253

2019: 81

 

3. The number of those officers who remain serving in the rank of Police Constable.

2015: 49

2016: 102

2017: 170

2018: 196

2019: 67

 

4. For officers recruited during this period who are no longer serving, please provide:

• The number who left voluntarily (resignation).

2015: 10

2016: 17

2017: 39

2018: 51

2019: 19

 

• The number who were dismissed.

2015: 0

2016: 5

2017: 4

2018: 8

2019: 2

 

• Any other recorded reasons for leaving, with the number of officers in each

2015: 1- Death on Duty, 1- Ill Health Retirement, 5- Transferred.

2016: 7- Transferred.

2017: 9- Transferred.

2018: 20- Transferred.

2019: 3- Transferred, 3- Joined as PCSO