§ Mr. Gareth WardellTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will publish in theOfficial Report for each police force in England and Wales the number of scenes of crime officers in post; and what is the corresponding percentage of these which are civilian.
§ Mr. Douglas HoggThe latest available information is as follows:
Police officers/civilians in scenes of crime department Provincial forces2 Number Percentage civilian1 Avon and Somerset 40 7.5 Bedfordshire 13 38.5 Cambridgeshire 10 20.0 Cheshire 22 27.3 Cleveland 20 — Cumbria 26 61.5 Derbyshire 25 96.0 Devon and Cornwall 28 35.7 Dorset 13 — Durham 22 36.4 Dyfed Powys 10 10.0 Essex 45 4.4 Gloucestershire 12 — Greater Manchester 56 1.8 Gwent 12 — Hampshire 44 9.1 Hertfordshire 19 — Humberside 41 39.0 Kent 35 51.4 Lancashire 38 — Leicestershire 23 34.8 Lincolnshire 15 33.3 Merseyside 24 — Norfolk 20 15.0 Northamptonshire 14 78.6 Northumbria 44 27.3 North Wales 11 100.0 North Yorkshire 18 16.7 Nottinghamshire 31 70.1 South Wales 39 7.7 South Yorkshire 35 51.4 Staffordshire 19 — Suffolk 12 — Surrey 21 52.4 Sussex 44 50.0 Thames Valley 33 12.1 Warwickshire 12 41.7 West Mercia 34 38.2 West Midlands 57 31.6 West Yorkshire 54 7.4 Wiltshire 20 — City of London 14 35.7 TOTAL 1,125 26.0 Metropolitan Police3 196 100.0 1 It should be noted that some of the civilian staff identified for provincial forces may be engaged in general administrative support duties. 2 As at 31 December 1987. 3 As at 31 December 1988.