HC Deb 10 July 1973 vol 859 cc322-3W
Mr. Holland

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what was the strength of each police force in England and Wales on 31st May, 1970

and 31st May, 1973, and the net gain or loss between these dates.

Strength at 31st May 1970 Strength at 31st May 1973 Net Gain
Bedfordshire and Luton … … 681 746 65
Birmingham City Police … … 2,475 2,650 175
City of Bradford Police … … 625 744 119
Bristol … … 1,068 1,162 94
Cheshire … … 2,442 2,737 295
Cumbria … … 695 805 110
Derby County and Borough … … 1,173 1,370 197
Devon and Cornwall … … 2,205 2,485 280
Dorset and Bournemouth … … 913 945 32
Durham … … 2,536 2,725 189
Dyfed-Powys … … 800 815 15
Essex and Southend Joint … … 1,899 2,079 180
Gloucestershire … … 1,025 1,164 139
Gwent … … 807 866 59
Gwynedd … … 937 1,100 163
Hampshire … … 2,432 2,675 243
Hertfordshire … … 1,086 1,268 182
Kent County … … 2,026 2,220 194
Kingston upon Hull City Police … … 654 715 61
Lancashire … … 6,301 6,650 349
Leeds City Police … … 1,154 1,221 67
Leicester and Rutland … … 1,290 1,454 164
Lincolnshire … … 1,452 1,661 209
Liverpool and Bootle … … 2,007 2,284 277
Manchester and Salford Police … … 2,096 2,212 116
Mid-Anglia … … 826 885 59
Norfolk Joint … … 1,048 1,119 71
Northampton and County … … 667 756 89
Northumberland … … 1,672 1,766 94
Nottinghamshire Combined … … 1,696 1,929 233
Sheffield and Rotherham … … 1,100 1,256 156
Somerset and Bath … … 925 1,113 188
South Wales … … 2,409 2,653 244
Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent … … 1,774 1,941 167
Suffolk … … 871 992 121
Surrey … … 1,205 1,268 63
Sussex … … 2,244 2,438 194
Teesside … … 860 1,014 154
Thames Valley Police … … 2,337 2,710 373
Warwickshire and Coventry … … 1,413 1,640 227
West Mercia … … 1,430 1,561 131
West Midlands … … 1,401 1,451 50
West Yorkshire … … 3,562 3,909 347
Wiltshire … … 772 838 66
York and North East Yorkshire … … 1,063 1,202 139
Metropolitan Police … … 20,845 21,086 241
City of London Police … … 742 800 58
Others* … … 1,066 1,316 250
Total … … 92,707 100,396 7,689
* Police officers serving away from their forces on Central Service or with such units as Regional Crime Squads numbered 1,066 on 31st May 1970 and 1,316 on 31st May 1973.