HC Deb 22 March 1989 vol 149 cc599-600W
Mr. Goodlad

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many people there are to every police officer in(a) the north-west and (b) nationally; and what were the comparable figures for 1979.

Mr. Douglas Hogg

The information requested is set out as follows:

1Police/population ratio
31 December 1988 31 December 1979
(a) North-West
Cheshire 512 510
Cumbria 426 424
Greater Manchester 372 394
Lancashire 437 437
Merseyside 311 347
(b) England and Wales 407 414
1 Population per officer is calculated on the basis of the authorised establishment of each force at 31 December.

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