HL Deb 30 June 1999 vol 603 cc43-4WA
Baroness Thornton

asked Her Majesty's Government:

Whether they will publish figures for each police authority in England and Wales setting out (a) the percentage changes in their budget and (b) the numbers of police officers in the force between 1 April 1998 and 31 March 1999. [HL3387]

Lord Williams of Mostyn

The information requested is set out in the table. The information on changes in police numbers is based on provisional strength figures at March 1999 provided by forces.

Police Numbers—Comparison between percentage change in numbers and changes in budgets for 1998–99
Force % Change in Police Numbers % Change in Budget
5–5.9% reduction in strength March 1998–March 99 1997–98 to 1998–99
City of London -5.7% (-46.8) -7.3%
Cleveland -5.2% (-76.8) +5.1%
4–4.9% reduction in strength
Lincolnshire -4.3%(-51.5) +1.1%
Nottinghamshire -4.2% (-98) +3.8%
3–3.9% reduction in strength
Bedfordshire -3.4% (-37.2) +3.8%
Cumbria -3.2% (-37.5) +3.7%
Norfolk -3.4% (-48.2) +3.8%
Sussex -3.7% (-107.9) +3.8%
West Yorkshire -3.4% (-172.7) +3.8%
2–2.9% reduction in strength
Devon & Cornwall -2.5% (-74.5) +4.5%
Dorset -2.7% (-35.9) +3.7%
Greater Manchester -2.0% (-138.8) +3.8%
Humberside -2.3% (-46.8) +3.8%
Northamptonshire -2.7% (-31.2) +3.7%
North Yorkshire -2.2% (-30.7) +4.0%
Staffordshire -2.4% (54.5) +3.7%
0–1.9% reduction in strength
Cambridgeshire -1.3% (-17) +3.8%
Derbyshire -0.8% (-13.6) +3.8%
Essex -1.3% (-38) +3.7%
Hampshire -0.5% (-16.1) +3.8%
Hertfordshire -0.9% (16.2) +3.8%
Kent -1.5% (-50) +4.4%
Lancashire -0.4% (-12.3) +3.8%
Metropolitan Police -0.08% (-20.7) +3.7%
South Yorkshire -0.4% (-14) +3.8%
Thames Valley -0.7% (-27.4) +3.8%
Warwickshire -1.7% (-15.4) +3.7%
West Mercia -0.5% (-10.5) +3.8%
Wiltshire -0.5% (-5.3) +3.7%
Forces with increases in police numbers
Gloucestershire +0.02% (0.2) +3.8%
Avon & Somerset +0.8% (23.4) +3.8%
Cheshire +1.4% (28.7) +3.8%
Durham +3.5% (53.1) +4.9%
Dyfed-Powys +2.4% (24) +3.8%
Gwent +1.2% (14.3) +3.8%
Leicestershire +0.5% (10.1) +3.8%
Merseyside +2.3% (95.1) +3.8%
Northumbria +1.9% (71.5) +4.7%
North Wales +0.4% (5) +3.8%
South Wales +0.13% (3.8) +3.8%
Suffolk +0.4% (4.4) +3.8%
Surrey +3.3% (53.5) -1.0%
West Midlands +2.3% (165.3) +3.8%
Overall total -0.6%(-793.3) +3.7%