§ Mr. CousinsTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what was the number of notifiable offences for each uniformed member of the police establishment in each police authority in England and Wales for each year from 1986 to 1989.
§ Mr. Peter Lloyd[holding answer 11 December 1990]: The information requested is given in the table.
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Notifiable offences recorded per police officer by police force area Offences per officer Police force area 1986 1987 1988 1989 Avon and Somerset 31 33 32 32 Bedfordshire 39 40 38 38 Cambridgeshire 28 29 28 30 Cheshire 25 27 26 25 Cleveland 39 40 39 41 Cumbria 26 24 23 24 Derbyshire 26 26 24 27 Devon and Cornwall 26 26 26 27 Dorset 30 31 29 31 Durham 33 33 32 33 Essex 27 27 26 27 Gloucestershire 25 29 29 30 Greater Manchester 47 45 42 42 Hampshire 31 31 30 31 Hertfordshire 27 26 24 25 Humberside 41 44 42 45 Kent 26 26 26 28 Lancashire 28 29 30 28 Leicestershire 28 28 28 31 Lincolnshire 27 29 27 29 London, City of 10 9 8 9
Offences per officer Police force area 1986 1987 1988 1989 Merseyside 36 35 30 28 Metropolitan Police 29 27 26 27 Norfolk 30 31 31 32 Northamptonshire 36 36 34 34 Northumbria 48 49 46 51 North Yorkshire 26 27 25 25 Nottinghamshire 42 43 42 45 South Yorkshire 32 32 30 32 Staffordshire 27 26 26 27 Suffolk 26 26 25 27 Surrey 20 20 19 20 Sussex 24 23 23 25 Thames Valley 34 33 30 33 Warwickshire 23 25 23 25 West Mercia 27 27 25 26 West Midlands 40 39 34 33 West Yorkshire 34 35 33 36 Wiltshire 27 24 24 24 Dyfed Powys 19 20 21 19 Gwent 27 27 24 24 North Wales 27 28 27 26 South Wales 35 35 37 37 ENGLAND AND WALES 32 31 30 31