HC Deb 16 March 1979 vol 964 c344W
Mr. George Grant

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what is the number of police cadets under going training in each of the forces in England and Wales (a) men and (b) women, respectively.

Dr. Summerskill

At 31 January 1979, the numbers were as follows:

Police Force Male Cadets Female Cadets Total
Avon and Somerset 47 10 57
Bedfordshire 22 22
Cambridgeshire 7 3 10
Cheshire 18 22 40
Cleveland 29 13 42
Cumbria 16 14 30
Derbyshire 54 30 84
Devon and Cornwall 24 11 35
Dorset 17 13 30
Durham 53 18 71
Dyfed Powys 8 4 12
Essex
Gloucestershire 18 13 31
Greater Manchester 132 100 232
Gwent 9 4 13
Hampshire 70 37 107
Hertfordshire 16 16 32
Humberside 45 24 69
Kent 59 39 98
Cadets as at 31 January 1979
Boys Girls Total
Lancashire 99 27 126
Leicestershire 44 45 89
Lincolnshire 34 13 47
Merseyside 43 16 59
Norfolk 16 13 29
Northamptonshire 7 6 13
Northumbria 31 8 39
North Wales 21 20 41
North Yorkshire 22 14 36
Nottinghamshire 65 37 102
South Wales 68 68
South Yorkshire 57 49 106
Staffordshire 31 20 51
Suffolk 44 20 64
Surrey 20 7 27
Sussex 40 28 68
Thames Valley 53 48 101
Warwickshire 28 12 40
West Mercia 54 19 73
West Midlands 126 160 286
West Yorkshire 58 45 103
Wiltshire 23 15 38
City of London 9 7 16
Metropolitan 637 142 779
Totals 2,274 1,142 3,416

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