HC Deb 21 June 1977 vol 933 cc454-9W
Mr. Alison

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will show, for each year since and including 1974 the latest available date, figures for police establishments, gross and net recruitment figures and figures specifying retirement, resignation and other factors relevant to the computation of net recruitment, figures, for the Metropolitan Police and for each police authority in England and Wales.

Mr. Merlyn Rees

The figures are as follows:

1st April 1974 31st December 1974 1974
Force Establishment 1 Strength 2 Establishment 1 Strength 2 Recruitment 3 Wastage 4 Net Recruitment 5
Warwickshire … 876 733 876 776 69 34 +35
West Mercia … 1,650 1,446 1,650 1,477 86 75 +11
West Midlands … 6,471 5,235 6,471 5,282 293 239 +54
West Yorkshire … 5,005 4,353 5,103 4,412 271 212 +59
Wiltshire … 979 864 979 891 69 45 +24
1975
Force 31st December 1975
1 2 3 4 5
Metropolitan … … 26,628 21,227 1,622 1,140 +482
City of London … … 1,022 813 55 22 +33
Avon and Somerset … … 2,868 2,783 305 115 +190
Bedfordshire … … 926 841 115 49 +66
Cambridgeshire … … 1,061 1,019 95 54 +41
Cheshire … … 1,770 1,747 239 89 +150
Cleveland … … 1,411 1,345 123 67 +56
Cumbria … … 1,079 1,03782 48 +34
Derbyshire … … 1,559 1,561 222 97 +125
Devon and Cornwall … … 2,673 2,653 160 70 +90
Dorset … … 1,108 1,080 112 77 +35
Durham … … 1,373 1,351 136 51 +85
Dyfed Powys … … 916 912 85 29 +56
Essex … … 2,4362,312 257 103 +154
Gloucestershire … … 1,101 1,018 101 52 +49
Greater Manchester … … 6,600 5,905 637 236 +401
Gwent … … 964 950 116 59 +57
Hampshire … … 2,845 2,778 229 138 +91
Hertfordshire … … 1,472 1,398 148 70 +78
Humberside … … 1,939 1,766 198 104 +92
Kent … … 2,465 2,455 356 146 +210
Lancashire … … 3,080 3,042 300 106 +194
Leicestershire … … 1,705 1,605 140 69 +71
Lincolnshire … … 1,182 1,154 78 60 +18
Merseyside … … 4,342 4,059 449 224 +225
Norfolk … … 1,264 1,178 68 50 +18
Northamptonshire … … 914 886 106 43 +63
Northumbria … … 3,322 3,239 308 170 +138
North Wales … … 1,276 1,221 125 52 +73
North Yorkshire … … 1,328 1,311 156 77 +79
Nottinghamshire … … 2,124 2,110 227 116 +111
South Wales … … 3,069 2,962 260 117 +143
South Yorkshire … … 2,752 2,456 275 133 +142
Staffordshire … … 2,066 2,028 178 72 +106
Suffolk … … 1,085 1,031 103 52 +51
Surrey … … 1,442 1,366 183 85 +98
Sussex … … 2,785 2,781 349 166 +183
Thames Valley … … 2,960 2,894 336 180 +156
Warwickshire … … 876 819 78 32+46
West Mercia … … 1,650 1,580 200 106 +94
West Midlands … … 6,471 5,568 546 227 +319
West Yorkshire … … 5,104 4,547 433 293 +140
Wiltshire … … 994 942 117 52 +65
1976
Force 31st December 1976
1 2 3 4 5
Metropolitan … … 26,628 22,245 2,505 1,499 +1,006
City of London … … 1,022 855 87 47 +40
Avon and Somerset … … 2,851 2,802194 158 +36
Bedfordshire … … 941 854 97 87 +10
Cambridgeshire … … 1,090 1,051 108 75 +33
Cheshire … … 1,805 1,749 120 117 +3
Cleveland … … 1,411 1,328 96 118 -22
Cumbria … … 1,079 1,027 77 81 -4
Derbyshire … … 1,709 1,559 141 143 -2
Devon and Cornwall … … 2,673 2,554 69 160 -91
Dorset … … 1,108 1,085 101 97 +4
1976
Force 31st December 1976
1 2 3 4 5
Durham … … 1,373 1,331 102 118 -16
Dyfed Powys … … 916 908 45 47 -2
Essex … … 2,511 2,337 224 189 +35
Gloucestershire … … 1,100 1,067 105 63 +42
Greater Manchester … … 6,735 6,195 699 409 +290
Gwent … … 964 947 89 91 -2
Hampshire … … 2,935 2,789 186 179 +7
Hertfordshire … … 1,472 1,437 139 99 +40
Humberside … … 1,939 1,754 169 186 -17
Kent … … 2,615 2,526 254 181 +73
Lancashire … … 3,080 3,048 212 204 +8
Leicestershire … … 1,705 1,670 140 96 +44
Lincolnshire … … 1,182 1,166 91 77 +14
Merseyside … … 4,342 4,259 458 309 +149
Norfolk … … 1,264 1,200 108 85 +23
Northamptonshire … … 950 915 78 70 +8
Northumbria … … 3,322 3,214 249 273 -24
North Wales … … 1,276 1,238 80 58 +22
North Yorkshire … … 1,328 1,325 120 105 +15
Nottinghamshire … … 2,145 2,112 168 161 +7
South Wales … … 3,069 2,982 210 195 +15
South Yorkshire … … 2,752 2,616 375 213 +162
Staffordshire … … 2,066 2,007 96 123 -27
Suffolk … … 1,086 1,033 75 75 —
Surrey … … 1,503 1,454 181 89 +92
Sussex … … 2,785 2,734 175 223 -48
Thames Valley … … 2,995 2,856 205 237 -32
Warwickshire … … 876 857 80 43 +37
West Mercia … … 1,670 1,609 143 125 +18
West Midlands … … 6,509 5,753 543 394 +149
West Yorkshire … … 5,104 4,676 505 380 +125
Wiltshire … … 994 946 87 83 +4
1977 to 31st March
Force 31st March 1977
1 2 3 4 5
Metropolitan … … 26,628 22,295 478 441 +37
Cityof London … … 1,022 846 5 12 -7
Avon and Somerset … … 2,851 2,793 37 41 -4
Bedfordshire … … 941 855 22 20 +2
Cambridgeshire … … 1,090 1,048 15 18 -3
Cheshire … … 1,805 1,759 50 42 +8
Cleveland … … 1,411 1,317 28 41 -13
Cumbria … … 1,079 1,013 11 20 -9
Derbyshire … … 1,709 1,551 33 37 -4
Devon and Cornwall … … 2,673 2,537 16 30 -14
Dorset … … 1,108 1,081 22 27 -5
Durham … … 1,349 1,293 15 23 -8
Dyfed Powys … … 916 909 17 15 +2
Essex … … 2,511 2,330 39 45 -6
Gloucestershire … … 1,100 1,058 7 20 -13
Greater Manchester … … 6,735 6,237 151 110 +41
Gwent … … 964 956 26 18 +8
Hampshire … … 2,935 2,836 101 55 +46
Hertfordshire … … 1,483 1,466 51 30 +21
Humberside … … 1,939 1,754 44 46 -2
Kent … … 2,615 2,548 72 57 +15
Lancashire … … 3,080 3,031 38 48 -10
Leicestershire … … 1,705 1,671 25 24 +1
Lincolnshire … … 1,182 1,151 8 20 -12
Merseyside … … 4,342 4,525 49 89 -40
Norfolk … … 1,264 1,211 28 17 +11
Northamptonshire … … 950 909 14 22 -8
Northumbria … … 3,322 3,214 61 61 —
North Wales … … 1,276 1,222 11 21 -10
North Yorkshire … … 1,328 1,300 11 34 -23
Nottinghamshire … … 2,145 2,103 22 31 -9
South Wales … … 3,069 2,956 27 49 -22
South Yorkshire … … 2,752 2,598 43 62 -19
1977 to 31st March
Force 31st March 1977
1 2 3 4 5
Staffordshire … … … 2,066 2,005 29 31 -2
Suffolk … … … 1,086 1,037 20 16 +4
Surrey … … … 1,503 1,463 31 21 +10
Sussex … … … 2,785 2,707 31 54 -23
Thames Valley … … … 2,995 2,828 41 69 -28
Warwickshire … … … 876 860 16 12 +4
WestMercia … … … 1,670 1,658 82 40 +40
West Midlands … … … 6,509 5,777 135 114 +20
West Yorkshire … … … 5,104 4,734 164 109 +55
Wiltshire … … … 994 946 18 16 +2
Note:Figures for the period 1st January 1974 to 31st March 1974 have been omitted, since they cannot, owing to the changes in forces made by Local Government reorganisation, be compared with later figures for many forces.