§ Mr. Altonasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what is the total establishment of each police force in England; what is the recommended full-strength establishment of each police force; and what was the establishment of each police force in 1974 and 1979.
§ Mr. Douglas HoggThe information for police forces in England is as follows: 251W
Police force 31 October 1974 31 October 1979 31 October 1986 Authorised establishment Actual strength Authorised establishment Actual strength Authorised establishment Actual strength Hertfordshire 1,472 1,300 1,533 1,470 1,596 1,591 Humberside 1,910 1,673 1,939 1,887 1,972 1,969 Kent 2,454 2,207 2,820 2,815 12,875 2,893 Lancashire 2,880 2,803 3,118 3,072 3,158 3,106 Leicestershire 1,603 1,534 1,706 1,707 1,733 1,733 Lincolnshire 1,174 1,113 1,182 1,171 1,183 1,161 Merseyside 4,317 3,825 4,451 4,476 4,679 4,606 Norfolk 1,218 1,140 1,265 1,232 1,318 1,297 Northamptonshire 844 791 950 927 1,054 1,050 Northumbria 3,322 3,080 3,325 3,332 3,378 3,380 North Yorkshire 1,277 1,193 1,328 1,341 1,368 1,363 Nottinghamshire 2,056 1,981 2,145 2,134 2,259 2,218 South Yorkshire 2,752 2,318 2,752 2,625 2,881 2,866 Staffordshire 2,064 1,903 2,066 2,011 2,131 2,090 Suffolk 1,077 968 1,123 1,099 1,186 1,138 Surrey 1,438 1,274 1,602 1,448 1,639 1,624 Sussex 2,618 2,471 2,803 2,795 2,830 2,809 Thames Valley 2,960 2,721 3,005 2,692 33,367 3,424 Warwickshire 876 762 876 877 967 968 West Mercia 1,650 1,456 1,834 1,808 1,953 1,924 West Midlands 6,471 5,244 6,509 6,156 6,684 6,614 West Yorkshire 5,097 4,373 5,104 4,786 5,154 5,142 Wiltshire 979 869 1,032 1,009 1,049 1,046 City of London 1,028 782 1,022 830 798 777 Metropolitan 26,055 20,585 26,589 22,468 27,515 26,681 Total: England 108,106 94,044 111,714 105,207 115,337 113,842 1 Further increases of 25 posts for Essex and 36 for Kent have been approved with effect from 1 November 1986. 2 Further increases of 14 posts for Cumbria, 26 for Derbyshire, 17 for Devon and Cornwall and 15 for Dorset have been approved with effect from 1 January 1987. 3 Further increases of 50 posts for Thames Valley have been approved with effect from 1 November 1986 and 50 with effect from 1 April 1987.