§ Mr. Gordon PrenticeTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many police officers were 203W in post (a) in England and (b) in each county of EnglandIn each year since 1990. [2899]
Police strength in England between 1990 and 1995 As at 31 December Police force 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 11995 Avon and Somerset 3,059 3,072 3,065 3,034 3,017 2,986 Bedfordshire 1,064 1,090 1,119 1,168 1,113 1,116 Cambridgeshire 1,186 1,239 1,265 1,266 1,268 1,254 Cheshire 1,898 1,867 1,901 1,873 1,906 1,950 City of London 796 809 805 884 887 869 Cleveland 1,485 1,477 1,492 1,414 1,435 1,430 Cumbria 1,189 1,183 1,197 1,185 1,185 1,143 Derbyshire 1,751 1,706 1,810 1,790 1,793 1,762 Devon and Cornwall 2,867 2,876 2,920 2,908 2,878 2,872 Dorset 1,272 1,280 1,318 1,292 1,287 1,272 Durham 1,364 1,378 1,377 1,389 1,356 1,376 Essex 2,884 2,878 2,917 2,947 2,921 2,897 Gloucestershire 1,158 1,178 1,148 1,140 1,167 1,142 Greater Manchester 7,010 6,975 7,055 7,047 6,984 7,026 Hampshire 3,170 3,177 3,287 3,270 3,252 3,307 Hertfordshire 1,659 1,679 1,688 1,679 1,686 1,704 Humberside 1,989 2,016 2,033 2,028 2,042 2,025 Kent 2,988 3,039 3,106 3,182 3,116 3,100 Lancashire 3,199 3,205 3,209 3,140 3,194 3,195 Leicestershire 1,784 1,808 1,834 1,838 1,838 1,860 Lincolnshire 1,205 1,198 1,191 1,203 1,208 1,164 Merseyside 4,679 4,605 4,656 4,663 4,678 4,536 Metropolitan Police 28,152 28,126 27,812 27,605 27,611 27,395 Norfolk 1,394 1,419 1,426 1,434 1,408 1,391 Northamptonshire 1,144 1,156 1,203 1,181 1,171 1,160 Northumbria 3,528 3,460 3,586 3,589 3,595 3,610 North Yorkshire 1,379 1,382 1,408 1,333 1,313 1,310 Nottinghamshire 2,342 2,334 2,329 2,337 2,331 2,314 South Yorkshire 2,984 2,989 3,000 3,015 3,026 3,041 Staffordshire 2,193 2,185 2,172 2,202 2,214 2,190 Suffolk 1,195 1,203 1,237 1,216 1,204 1,158 Surrey 1,654 1,681 1,674 1,667 1,672 1,656 Sussex 2,984 2,969 2,980 2,977 2,924 3,020 Thames Valley 3,706 3,722 3,833 3,894 3,878 3,760 Warwickshire 1,014 1,005 1,002 1,025 1,036 982 West Mercia 2,022 2,028 2,060 2,056 2,037 2,008 West Midlands 6,881 6,893 6,952 6,968 6,996 7,078 West Yorkshire 5,276 5,143 5,070 4,988 5,037 5,122 Wiltshire 1,157 1,212 1,262 1,273 1,256 1,236 Total for England 118,661 118,642 119,399 119,100 118,920 118,422 1As at 30 September 1995, the latest available figures.
§ Mr. MichaelTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) what is the total number of police officers in service at present; and what is the starting date of the three-year period for the recruitment of additional police officers; [4032]
(2) what is the date and number of police officers which forms the base on which the additional officers will be recruited in pursuance of the Prime Minister's recent announcement. [4023]
§ Mr. MacleanAs at 31 March 1995 the total number of police officers in England and Wales was 127,222. The basis on which the additional funding for the extra officers is to be built will be the total police strength in forces at 31 March 1996. Funding for the additional officers announced by the Prime Minister will be available from 1 April 1996.
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§ Mr.MacleanThe information is set out in the table below:
§ Mr. MichaelTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many additional officers the Government expect police forces to recruit in 1996–97. [4024]
§ Mr. MacleanThis is a matter for chief constables and police authorities. An extra £20 million has been available in 1996–97. This is sufficient to enable chief constables to recruit 1,000 additional officers by the end of 1996–97 if they choose to do so.
§ Mr. MichaelTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what estimate he has made of the cost, over the next three financial years, of recruiting 5,000 additional officers to the police service in England and Wales. [4025]
§ Mr. MacleanA total of £180 million—£20 million, £60 million, and £100 million—is being made available over the next three financial years. This is sufficient provision to enable chief constables to recruit 5,000 more constables over the period.