We received a request under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOIA):
Female Police officer numbers and retention between 2 periods of time February 2022 - August 2022 and September 2022 to February 2023.
- Total number of Female officers broken down by each operational division.
- If the number changed between each period then the reason - recruitment, transfer, retirement, disciplinary/sacked, resigned, resigned with outstanding open disciplinary matters. (or whatever your internal system classifies as the reason for the decline if there is one).
Our Response:
The tables below outline the number of Female Officers broken down by operational division, west Yorkshire Police have seen an increase in the number of female officers over the time period due to recruitment.
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01.02.22 |
31.08.22 |
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Count of Gender |
Count of Gender |
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District / Dept |
Total |
District / Dept |
Total |
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Bradford District |
370 |
Bradford District |
373 |
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Calderdale District |
153 |
Calderdale District |
163 |
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Chief Officers Team |
2 |
Chief Officers Team |
2 |
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|
Corporate Services |
24 |
Corporate Services |
27 |
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|
Criminal Justice |
13 |
Criminal Justice |
14 |
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|
Digital Policing |
3 |
Digital Policing |
2 |
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|
Kirklees District |
245 |
Kirklees District |
259 |
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|
Leeds District |
511 |
Leeds District |
513 |
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|
National Police Air Service |
21 |
National Police Air Service |
22 |
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|
Operational Support |
138 |
Operational Support |
148 |
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|
People |
273 |
People |
295 |
|
|
Professional Standards |
25 |
Professional Standards |
23 |
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|
Protective Services Crime |
106 |
Protective Services Crime |
104 |
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|
Regional Crime |
108 |
Regional Crime |
153 |
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|
Secondment |
4 |
Secondment |
5 |
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|
Wakefield District |
198 |
Wakefield District |
222 |
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|
Grand Total |
2194 |
Grand Total |
2325 |
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01.09.22 |
28.02.23 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
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Count of Gender |
Count of Gender |
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District / Dept |
Total |
District / Dept |
Total |
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Bradford District |
373 |
Bradford District |
411 |
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|
Calderdale District |
163 |
Calderdale District |
181 |
|
|
Chief Officers Team |
2 |
Chief Officers Team |
2 |
|
|
Corporate Services |
27 |
Corporate Services |
28 |
|
|
Criminal Justice |
14 |
Criminal Justice |
16 |
|
|
Digital Policing |
2 |
Digital Policing |
3 |
|
|
Kirklees District |
259 |
Kirklees District |
283 |
|
|
Leeds District |
513 |
Leeds District |
555 |
|
|
National Police Air Service |
22 |
National Police Air Service |
24 |
|
|
Operational Support |
148 |
Operational Support |
150 |
|
|
People |
295 |
People |
280 |
|
|
Professional Standards |
23 |
Professional Standards |
24 |
|
|
Protective Services Crime |
103 |
Protective Services Crime |
106 |
|
|
Regional Crime |
152 |
Regional Crime |
173 |
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|
Secondment |
5 |
Secondment |
7 |
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|
Wakefield District |
222 |
Wakefield District |
253 |
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|
Grand Total |
2323 |
Grand Total |
2496 |
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