HC Deb 16 April 1986 vol 95 cc399-400W
Mr. Peter Bruinvels

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will call for a report from each chief constable giving details of the number of traffic wardens in each force area.

Mr. Giles Shaw

The information for England and Wales is as follows:

Number of Traffic Wardens on 31 December 1985
Number
Avon and Somerset 142
Bedfordshire 31
Cambridgeshire 45
Cheshire 44
Cleveland 25
Cumbria 24
Derbyshire 82
Devon and Cornwall 117
Dorset 70
Durham 21
Dyfed Powys 23
Essex 112
Gloucestershire 33
Greater Manchester 194
Gwent 21
Hampshire 89
Hertfordshire 85
Humberside 66
Kent 117
Lancashire 91
Leicestershire 95
Lincolnshire 20
Merseyside 150
Norfolk 38
Northamptonshire 32
Northumbria 140
North Wales 30
North Yorkshire 22
Nottinghamshire 77
South Wales 95
South Yorkshire 61
Staffordshire 40

Number
Suffolk 30
Surrey 41
Sussex 125
Thames Valley 110
Warwickshire 23
West Mercia 49
West Midlands 177
West Yorkshire 158
Wiltshire 44
City of London 79
Metropolitan 1,701
TOTAL 4,769