§ Mr. Nicholas Wintertonasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) how many police officers have been employed by each constabulary in England and Wales for each month since February 1980 up to the latest date, which figures are available;
Strength—Ordinary Duty—1st Mar.—31st Oct. Force Feb. Mar. Apr. May June July Aug. Sept. Oct. Recruitment/Wastage Avon and Somerset 2,896 2,892 2,902 2,911 2,924 2,947 2,938 2,950 2,954 133 106 Bedfordshire 936 943 944 949 951 953 948 953 955 53 49 Cambridgeshire 1,086 1,081 1,079 1,077 1,076 1,081 1,080 1,086 1,084 48 61 Cheshire 1,788 1,789 1,798 1,799 1,799 1,802 1,793 1,803 1,811 91 74 Cleveland 1,414 1,420 1,428 1,434 1,435 1,438 1,430 1,437 1,445 75 53 Cumbria 1,086 1,093 1,094 1,092 1,095 1,095 1,087 1,092 1,096 60 55 Derbyshire 1,763 1,793 1,799 1,803 1,805 1,813 1,808 1,824 1,835 145 90 Devon and Cornwall 2,651 2,651 2,652 2,664 2,670 2,690 2,682 2,677 2,692 103 97 Dorset 1,151 1,154 1,154 1,155 1,158 1,157 1,153 1,167 1,165 26 47 Durham 1,308 1,324 1,328 1,336 1,341 1,346 1,341 1,337 1,331 60 55 Dyfed Powys 925 926 924 928 927 928 924 922 928 34 34 Essex 2,544 2,567 2,580 2,584 2,589 2,596 2,588 2,596 2,600 111 90 Gloucestershire 1,105 1,105 1,104 1,114 1,112 1,109 1,112 1,110 1,113 40 42 Greater Manchester 6,679 6,713 6,725 6,747 6,778 6,803 6,793 6,818 6,859 429 289 Gwent 964 967 963 957 960 961 957 960 963 36 44 Hampshire 3,018 3,039 3,044 3,051 3,055 3,062 3,055 3,050 3,054 117 115 Hertfordshire 1,481 1,487 1,492 1,502 1,507 1,509 1,505 1,507 1,508 94 81 Humberside 1,889 1,917 1,913 1,914 1,923 1,918 1,907 1,916 1,924 114 95 Kent 2,857 2,863 2,862 2,872 2,889 2,900 2,890 2,892 2,879 139 136 Lancashire 3,091 3,100 3,112 3,114 3,117 3,128 3,130 3,124 3,126 117 101 Leicestershire 1,695 1,702 1,695 1,697 1,701 1,709 1,711 1,713 1,708 74 76 Lincolnshire 1,171 1,176 1,181 1,182 1,182 1,182 1,182 1,182 1,182 31 30 Merseyside 4,531 4,525 4,532 4,552 4,561 4,565 4,550 4,543 4,553 165 175 Norfolk 1,251 1,249 1,242 1,247 1,245 1,240 1,240 1,247 1,244 20 39 Northamptonshire 919 920 924 929 936 944 944 945 960 57 28 Northumbria 3,315 3,317 3,318 3,314 3,309 3,319 3,312 3,318 3,326 88 104 North Wales 1,274 1,275 1,279 1,284 1,278 1,279 1,273 1,281 1,283 48 44 North Yorkshire 1,351 1,352 1,355 1,354 1,352 1,352 1,347 1,354 1,357 38 54 Nottinghamshire 2,139 2,145 2,147 2,146 2,157 2,171 2,169 2,178 2,184 120 85 South Wales 3,060 3,056 3,069 3,070 3,072 3,063' 3,059 3,064 3,064 63 79 South Yorkshire 2,679 2,704 2,729 2,742 2,739 2,750 2,741 2,758 2,782 207 133 Staffordshire 2,035 2,051 2,067 2,071 2,072 2,077 2,073 2,064 2,067 99 79 Suffolk 1,118 1,130 1,129 1,130 1,132 1,132 1,131 1,126 1,130 45 46 Surrey 1,486 1,512 1,522 1,535 1,545 1,559 1,553 1,559 1,571 148 91 Sussex 2,772 2,782 2,804 2,802 2,815 2,827 2,816 2,829 2,828 130 103 Thames Valley 2,777 2,802 2,818 2,843 2,865 2,916 2,912 2,943 2,975 302 125 Warwickshire 888 895 891 893 897 898 892 893 907 62 48 West Mercia 1,827 1,847 1,854 1,882 1,897 1,916 1,925 1,928 1,928 176 98 West Midlands 6,207 6,243 6,286 6,319 6,334 6,367 6,378 6,432 6,458 467 257 West Yorkshire 4,777 4,805 4,845 4,871 4,886 4,911 4,897 4,942 4,978 379 207 Wiltshire 1,003 1,002 998 999 996 1,003 1,002 1,004 1,015 48 59 City of London 834 840 838 839 840 844 840 836 833 36 42 Metropolitan 22,700 22,804 22,851 22,853 22,859 22,960 23,079 23,149 23,408 1,512 1,106