FOI release

Staff networks - number of members

Some or all of the information requested was not provided because we didn't hold it.

Case reference FOI2026/02047

Received 30 September 2026

Published 28 October 2026

Request

Under the Freedom of Information Act 2000, please provide: The total number of police officers belonging to at least one staff network recognised or supported by your force. The total number of police staff, excluding police officers, belonging to at least one such network. Please include force-specific networks and local branches of national networks. Please count each individual only once, regardless of how many networks they belong to. Please provide the most recent figures held and specify the date to which they relate. If you do not hold figures for unique individuals, please instead provide the membership count for each network, broken down between police officers and police staff where held. I am requesting aggregate numbers only, rather than the identities of individual members. Yours faithfully, Karl Williams

Response

The City of London Police does not hold the information requested.

Membership of force networks is voluntary and there is no centralised record of network membership. Individual networks do not require members to formally declare or record their rank, role, employment status, or position within the force.

As a result, the City of London Police does not hold recorded information that would enable it to determine:

The total number of police officers who belong to one or more force networks.

The total number of police staff who belong to one or more force networks.

A de-duplicated count of individuals belonging to one or more networks.

A breakdown of network membership between police officers and police staff.

Section 1(1)(a) of the Freedom of Information Act provides a right to access information held by a public authority. The Act does not require a public authority to create new information in order to answer a request. As the requested information is not held by the City of London Police, we are unable to provide it.

Section 16 - Duty to Provide Advice and Assistance

To assist you, the City of London Police does maintain information about the existence of force networks and makes details of these available to staff via its internal force networks page. Force-Networks explains that the force has a number of support networks available to staff across the organisation.

While membership information is not held, the current force networks are:

Armed Forces Network

Association of Muslim Police

Black Police Association

Christian Police Association

Disability Enabling Network

Gypsy, Roma and Traveller Network

Health and Wellbeing Network

LGBTQ+ Network

Menopause Action Group

Network of Women

Parenting Support Group

Polish Support Group

Please note that City of London Police does not maintain central membership records for these networks and therefore cannot provide membership figures.

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