HC Deb 08 February 1991 vol 185 cc272-5W
Mr. Vaz

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what is the establishment by rank of each of the police authorities in England; and what is the number of vacancies in each rank in each authority.

Mr. Peter Lloyd

The information requested is set out in the table.

Establishment
Forces Chief Constable1 Deputy chief Constable2 Assistant Chief Constable3 Chief Superintendent Superintendent Chief Inspector Inspector Sergeant Constable
Avon and Somerset 1 1 3 13 38 70 148 479 2,327
Bedfordshire 1 1 1 5 15 20 52 148 841
Cambridgeshire 1 1 1 5 13 26 58 193 907
Cheshire 1 1 2 6 22 34 107 290 1,425
Cleveland 1 1 2 7 20 28 94 238 1,111
Cumbria 1 1 1 7 18 24 70 188 865
Derbyshire 1 1 2 8 26 35 101 263 1,356
Devon and Cornwall 1 1 3 13 37 47 135 458 2,168
Dorset 1 1 1 6 17 22 68 199 956
Durham 1 1 2 6 17 27 78 216 1,027
Essex 1 1 3 11 32 59 128 443 2,195
Gloucestershire 1 1 1 6 15 22 54 174 890
Greater Manchester 1 1 6 28 92 137 408 1,076 5,270
Hampshire 1 1 3 11 33 55 130 478 2,461
Hertfordshire 1 1 2 9 25 30 90 263 1,248
Humberside 1 1 2 8 24 38 106 324 1,503
Kent 1 1 3 11 37 48 174 443 2,300
Lancashire 1 1 3 13 42 70 159 522 2,390
Leicestershire 1 1 2 7 22 31 104 288 1,357
Lincolnshire 1 1 1 5 12 25 66 196 890
Merseyside 1 1 4 18 60 77 252 757 3,531
Norfolk 1 1 1 6 18 22 67 200 1,092
Northamptonshire 1 1 1 6 13 23 69 173 854
Northumbria 1 1 3 14 48 61 189 518 2,717
North Yorkshire 1 1 2 7 17 27 77 216 1,060
Nottinghamshire 1 1 2 9 35 41 131 339 1,785
South Yorkshire 1 1 3 11 38 47 159 456 2,282
Staffordshire 1 1 2 11 31 50 121 343 1,642
Suffolk 1 1 1 6 17 20 59 182 917
Surrey 1 1 2 7 23 22 93 259 1,251
Sussex 1 1 3 11 35 39 174 463 2,236
Thames Valley 1 1 3 12 38 46 175 510 2,899
Warwickshire 1 1 1 5 14 18 61 156 750
West Mercia 1 1 2 10 30 38 128 298 1,515
West Midlands 1 1 5 22 80 121 367 1,067 5,229
West Yorkshire 1 1 5 20 69 81 289 820 3,993
Wiltshire 1 1 1 6 16 21 58 172 822
City of London 1 1 1 6 11 20 56 127 575
Metropolitan 6 15 35 151 255 475 1,480 4,521 21,527
1 Includes ranks of Assistant Commissioner and above in the Metropolitan Police and Commissioner in the City of London Police.
2 Includes Deputy Assistant Commissioner in the Metropolitan Police and Assistant Commissioner in the City of London Police.
3 Includes Commanders in the Metropolitan Police and City of London Police.

Vacancies at 30 November
Forces Chief Constable1 Deputy Chief Constable2 Assistant Chief Constable3 Chief Superintendent Superintendent Chief Inspector Inspector Sargeant Constable
Avon and Somerset 2 15
Bedfordshire 1 35
Cambridgeshire 1 21
Cheshire 1 15
Cleveland 1 1 1 14
Cumbria 1
Derbyshire 1 1 5 27
Devon and Cornwall 2 3
Dorset 4
Durham 3 7
Essex 1 2 24
Gloucestershire 1 1 5 10
Greater Manchester 6 4
Hampshire 3 12
Hertfordshire 1 2 8 12
Humberside 2 4 11
Kent 1 3 6 24
Lancashire 2 33
Leicestershire 1 33
Lincolnshire 1 1
Merseyside 52
Norfolk 17
Northamptonshire 6
Northumbria 1 48
North Yorkshire 3 1 4 14

Vacancies at 30 November
Forces Chief Constable1 Deputy Chief Constable2 Assistant Chief Constable3 Chief Superintendent Superintendent Chief Inspector Inspector Sargeant Constable
Nottinghamshire 1 7 8
South Yorkshire 2 1 1
Staffordshire 2 6
Suffolk 1 2 2
Surrey 4 8
Sussex 1 3 2
Thames Valley 7 1
Warwickshire
West Mercia 1 3 6
West Midlands 1 83
West Yorkshire 11
Wiltshire
City of London 1
Metropolitan 1 1 4 50 62 208
1 Includes ranks of Assistant Commissioner and above in the Metropolitan Police and Commissioner in the City of London Police.
2 Includes Deputy Assistant Commissioner in the Metropolitan Police and Assistant Commissioner in the City of London Police.
3 Includes Commanders in the Metropolitan Police and City of London Police.