PCSO recruitment 71/2025

FOI Reference: 71/2025

Request

1. Please provide the Police Community Support Officer (PCSO) Establishment for the financial years 2020-2021, 2021-2022, 2022-2023, 2023-2024 and 2024-2025.
2. In each of the listed years, what was the number of vacant PCSO posts.
3. In each of the listed years, how many of the PCSO posts were funded by Welsh Government funding.
4. In the financial year of 2025-2026 what is the proposed/projected PCSO numbers in Dyfed Powys Police.
5. In the financial year of 2025-2026 how many of the number given in the answer to question 4 will be funded by Welsh Government funding.

I can confirm that Dyfed-Powys Police does hold the information requested, as outlined below:-

Response Q1

2020 – 2021 - 148

2021-2022 - 163

2022-2023 -163

2023-2024 – 144.21

2024-2025 -132

Response Q2

2020 – 2021 – 3.70

2021-2022 – 3.94

2022-2023 – 9.69

2023-2024 - 0

2024-2025 – 0

Response Q3

2020 – 2021 - 74

2021-2022 - 89

2022-2023 - 89

2023-2024 – 78.66

2024-2025 - 52

Response Q4

For year 2025/26 the force currently project that we will have a PCSO establishment of 132FTE

Response Q5

52 of the 132 PCSOs will be funded by the Welsh Government.

It should be noted that as a result of the systems adopted by Dyfed-Powys Police in relation to the recording of such information that the information released may or may not be accurate.

(This is a response under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 and disclosed on 30/01/2025)