§ Mr. Brothertonasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list for each authority in England and Wales by how much the current level of the police force exceeds or falls short of the establishment.
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§ Dr. SummerskillThe figures are as follows:
Authorised establishment Vacancies (28.2.78) Avon and Somerset 2,851 100 Bedfordshire 941 88 Cambridgeshire 1,090 87 Cheshire 1,805 78 Cleveland 1,411 110 Cumbria 1,082 77 Derbyshire 1,709 219 Devon and Cornwall 2,673 79 Dorset 1,114 21 Durham 1,349 60 Dyfed Powys 916 5 Essex 2,511 190 Gloucestershire 1,100 58 Greater Manchester 6,735 435 Gwent 964 27 Hampshire 2,935 143 Hertfordshire 1,483 18 Humberside 1,939 147 Kent 2,665 11 Lancashire 3,080 38 Leicestershire 1,705 76 Lincolnshire 1,182 43 Merseyside 4,451 212 Norfolk 1,264 54 Northamptonshire 950 67 Northumbria 3,322 134 North Wales 1,276 31 North Yorkshire 1,328 61 Nottinghamshire 2,144 82 South Wales 3,069 198 South Yorkshire 2,752 255 Staffordshire 2,066 112 Suffolk 1,087 77 Surrey 1,503 38 Sussex 2,785 125 Thames Valley 2,995 319 Warwickshire 876 18 West Mercia 1,671 36 West Midlands 6,509 756 West Yorkshire 5,104 502 Wiltshire 995 37 City of London 1,022 199 Metropolitan 26,628 4,699