§ Mr. LawrenceTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what increase has been made to the number of police officers and civilian auxiliaries for Staffordshire over each of the past five years; and what has been the increase or decrease in crimes reported, detected and cleared up over that period.
§ Mr. Peter LloydThe information requested is set out in the tables:
(i) Increase in resources Year Police Officer Establishment Civilian Staff 1985–86 Nil +20 1986–87 +27 +11 1987–88 +25 +3 1988–89 +10 +2 1989–90 +22 -24 1990–91 +14 +41
Financial year Applications Cases assisted Individuals benefitting Cost1£ 1986–87 141 41 65 51,425.87 1987–88 89 38 61 41,400.23 1988–89 75 37 45 45,541.08 1989–90 70 43 55 42,484.65 1990–912 41 25 29 30,666.02 1 Excluding administrative overheads. 2 To 8 February 1991.