§ Mr. Ovendenasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what was the authorised establishment of each police force in England on 1st April in each year since 1972; and what was the corresponding manpower at each date.
§ Mr. Merlyn ReesThe figures, which take account of the reorganisation of forces which took place on 1st April 1974, are as follows:
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1st April 1972 1st April 1973 Force Establishment Strength Establishment Strength Strength Bedfordshire and Luton … … … 826 726 826 741 Birmingham … … … 3,029 2,587 3,029 2,644 Bradford … … … 761 716 805 742 Bristol … … … 1,161 1,121 1,221 1,150 Cheshire … … … 3,057 2,637 3,092 2,743 Cumbria … … … 773 751 811 802 Derby County and Borough … … … 1.513 1,305 1,548 1,368 Devon and Cornwall … … … 2,433 2,378 2,554 2,480 Dorset and Bournemouth … … … 962 927 962 939 Durham … … … 2,796 2,677 2,805 2,728 Essex and Southend … … … 2,316 1,992 2,340 2,064 Gloucestershire … … … 1,202 1,114 1,215 1,160 Hampshire … … … 2,750 2,582 2,750 2,684 Hertfordshire … … … 1,400 1,213 1,472 1,257 Kent … … … 2,370 2,167 2,430 2,219 Kingston-upon-Hull … … … 752 714 754 713 Lancashire … … … 7,000 6,524 7,040 6,654 Leeds … … … 1,396 1,198 1,413 1,319 Leicester and Rutland … … … 1,413 1,410 1,502 1,450 Lincolnshire … … … 1,606 1,595 1,700 1,653 Liverpool and Bootle … … … 2,538 2,095 2,538 2,292 Manchester and Salford … … … 2,439 2,128 2,438 2,200 Mid-Anglia … … … 952 865 1,022 877 Norfolk … … … 1,119 1,101 1,135 1,117 Northampton and County … … … 774 724 774 752 Northumberland … … … 1,831 1,749 1,833 1,779 Nottinghamshire … … … 1,865 1,838 1,962 1,904 Sheffield and Rotherham … … … 1,448 1,230 1,448 1,257 Somerset and Bath … … … 1,260 1,035 1,260 1,108 Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent … … … 1,906 1,893 2,046 1,938 Suffolk … … … 998 961 1,011 992 Surrey … … … 1,388 1,239 1,393 1,264 Sussex … … … 2,456 2,399 2,496 2,422 Teesside … … … 970 954 1,022 1,012 Thames Valley … … … 2,960 2,603 2,960 2,712 Warwickshire and Coventry … … … 1,815 1,567 1,815 1,623 West Mercia … … … 1,759 1,489 1,761 1,552 West Midlands … … … 1,968 1,428 1,968 1,457 West Yorkshire … … … 4,663 3,825 4,663 3,899 Wiltshire … … … 925 818 926 828 York and North East Yorkshire … … … 1,218 1,135 1,219 1,184 City of London … … … 1,011 816 1,013 802 Metropolitan … … … 25,978 21,355 25,978 21,110 Dyfed-Powys … … … 821 805 891 821 Gwent … … … 865 815 872 848 Gwynedd … … … 1,056 1,040 1,096 1,091 South Wales … … … 2,581 2,482 2,682 2,632
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1st April 1974 1st April 1975 1st April 1976 1st April 1977 1st April 1978 Force Establishment Strength Establishment Strength Establishment Strength Establishment Strength Establishment Strength Avon and Somerset … 2,868 2,565 2,868 2,600 2,868 2,818 2,851 2,793 2,851 2,755 Bedfordshire … 890 760 890 795 926 841 941 855 941 850 Cambridgeshire … 1,023 942 1,024 983 1,061 1,043 1,090 1,048 1,090 1,007 Cheshire … 1,770 1,485 1,770 1,630 1,770 1,740 1,805 1,759 1,805 1,725 Cleveland … 1,410 1,293 1,411 1,296 1,411 1,361 1,411 1,317 1,411 1,290 Cumbria … 1,064 998 1,078 1,022 1,079 1,032 1,079 1,013 1,082 1,005 Derbyshire … 1,559 1,388 1,559 1,456 1,559 1,556 1,709 1,551 1,709 1,493 Devon and Cornwall … 2,573 2,518 2,673 2,579 2,673 2,649 2,673 2,537 2,673 2,595 Dorset … 1,088 1,001 1,089 1,050 1,108 1,093 1,108 1,081 1,114 1,091 Durham … 1,371 1,242 1,373 1,275 1,373 1,351 1,349 1,293 1,349 1,276 Essex … 2,436 2,118 2,436 2,198 2,436 2,352 2,511 2,330 2,511 2,337 Gloucestershire … 1,007 904 1,101 961 1,101 1,040 1,100 1,058 1,100 1,045 Greater Manchester … 6,600 5,585 6,600 5,584 6,600 5,947 6,735 6,237 6,735 6,277 Hampshire … 2,844 2,616 2,845 2,706 2,845 2,824 2,935 2,836 2,935 2,816 Hertfordshire … 1,472 1,274 1,472 1,328 1,472 1,403 1,483 1,466 1,483 1,471 Humberside … 1,910 1,683 1,910 1,688 1,939 1,754 1,939 1,754 1,939 1,786 Kent … 2,452 2,190 2,454 2,265 2,465 2,440 2,615 2,548 2,703 2,655 Lancashire … 2,880 2,743 3,080 2,858 3,080 3,062 3,080 3,031 3,080 3,040 Leicestershire … 1,602 1,489 1,603 1,581 1,705 1,644 1,705 1,671 1,705 1,631 Lincolnshire … 1,174 1,083 1,174 1,140 1,182 1,156 1,182 1,151 1,182 1,139 Merseyside … 4,317 3,864 4,317 3,858 4,342 4,104 4,342 4,252 4,451 4,235 Norfolk … 1,218 1,128 1,218 1,160 1,264 1,204 1,264 1,211 1,264 1,214
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1st April 1974 1st April 1975 1st April 1976 1st April 1977 1st April 1978 Force Establishment Strength Establishment Strength Establishment Strength Establishment Strength Establishment Strength Northamptonshire … … 844 761 844 831 914 893 950 909 950 876 Northumbria … … 3,322 3,094 3,322 3,096 3,322 3,227 3,322 3,214 3,322 3,172 North Yorkshire … … 1,277 1,179 1,277 1,235 1,328 1,303 1,328 1,300 1,328 1,269 Nottinghamshire … … 2,056 1,953 2,066 2,034 2,124 2,118 2,145 2,103 2,144 2,064 South Yorkshire … … 2,752 2,319 2,752 2,340 2,752 2,517 2,752 2,598 2,752 2,500 Staffordshire … … 2,064 1,877 2,066 1,932 2,066 2,035 2,066 2,005 2,066 1,941 Suffolk … … 1,070 989 1,077 978 1,085 1,031 1,086 1,037 1,087 1,010 Surrey … … 1,438 1,263 1,442 1,270 1,442 1,397 1,503 1,463 1,503 1,457 Sussex … … 2,618 2,440 2,661 25,88 2,785 2,774 2,785 2,707 2,799 2,648 Thames Valley … … 2,960 2,714 2,960 2,781 2,960 2,877 2,995 2,828 2,996 2,651 Warwickshire … … 876 733 876 783 876 825 876 860 876 849 West Mercia … … 1,650 1,446 1,650 1,491 1,650 1,592 1,670 1,658 1,671 1,620 West Midlands … … 6,471 5,235 6,471 5,298 6,471 5,556 6,509 5,777 6,509 5,748 West Yorkshire … … 5,050 4,353 5,104 4,387 5,104 4,607 5,104 4,734 5,104 4,588 Wiltshire … … 979 864 979 897 994 958 994 946 995 962 City of London … … 1,021 794 1,028 787 1,022 826 1,022 846 1,022 821 Metropolitan … … 26,045 20,756 26,628 20,850 26,628 21,423 26,628 22,295 26,628 21,859 Dyfed-Powys … … 866 813 866 859 916 903 916 909 916 909 Gwent … … 928 885 928 921 964 962 964 956 964 945 North Wales … … 1,216 1,121 1,216 1,174 1,276 1,222 1,276 1,222 1,276 1,240 South Wales … … 2,886 2,758 2,886 2,849 3,069 2,973 3,069 2,956 3,069 2,870