Nigel Dodds – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Northern Ireland Office

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Nigel Dodds on 2016-07-06.

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many police officers there are per head of population (a) in Northern Ireland, (b) in the Metropolitan Police Service area and (c) on average for all police forces in the UK.

Mrs Theresa Villiers

There is currently 1 PSNI officer per 273 of the population in Northern Ireland.

The answers for part (b) and (c) are matters for the Home Office.