§ Mr. Peter Bruinvelsasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) what are the most recently available figures of the number of police in each police force area in England and Wales and the ratio of police officers per 100,000 of home population;
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Police strength on 30 September 1983 Estimate (30 June 1981) of population of each force area (000's) Police officers per 100,000 population Avon and Somerset 2,985 1,354 220 Bedfordshire 991 509 195 Cambridgeshire 1,142 589 194 Cheshire 1,841 928 198 (2) what is the population of each police force area in England and Wales.
§ Mr. HurdThe information is as follows:
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Police strength on 30 September 1983 Estimate (30 June 1981) of population of each force area (000's) Police officers per 100,000 population Cleveland 1,454 568 256 Cumbria 1,120 476 235 Derbyshire 1,770 910 195 Devon and Cornwall 2,731 1,386 197 Dorset 1,173 596 197 Durham 1,309 606 216 Dyfed Powys 928 443 209 Essex 2,623 1,410 186 Gloucestershire 1,136 503 226 Greater Manchester 6.968 2,624 266 Gwent 958 440 218 Hampshire 3,070 1,595 192 Hertfordshire 1,570 819 192 Humberside 1,971 852 231 Kent 2,866 1,482 193 Lancashire 3,149 1,382 228 Leicestershire 1,739 857 203 Lincolnshire 1,179 547 216 Merseyside 4,630 1,524 304 Norfolk 1,271 701 181 Northamptonshire 1,001 532 188 Northumbria 3,335 1,462 228 North Wales 1,278 626 204 North Yorkshire 1,357 673 202 Nottinghamshire 2,245 991 227 South Wales 3,090 1,297 238 South Yorkshire 2,860 1,315 217 Staffordshire 2,091 1,015 206 Suffolk 1,124 604 186 Surrey 1,583 746 212 Sussex 2,812 1,332 211 Thames Valley 3,162 1,795 176 Warwickshire 919 474 194 West Mercia 1,906 1,016 188 West Midlands 6,679 2,674 250 West Yorkshire 5,121 2,065 248 Wiltshire 1,019 521 196 City of London 808 5 (population 5,000) Metropolitan 26,638 7,329 363 Total 119,602 49,573 241