§ Mr. MacleanTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) if he will list, for each year since 1979, the total number of civilian staff employed by the police force in Cumbria; [147546]
(2) if he will list, for each year since 1979, the total number of (a) constables and (b) police officers in Cumbria. [147547]
§ Mr. Charles Clarke[holding answer 26 January 2001]: The information is set out in the tables.
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Table A: Police and constable numbers for each year since 1979 Year1 Number of police officers Number of constables 1979 1,056 766 1980 1,093 806 1981 1,108 813 1982 1,121 824 1983 1,107 808 1984 1,114 817 1985 1,092 794 1986 1,127 829 1987 1,118 810 1988 1,141 829 1989 1,135 820 1990 1,166 852 1991 1,184 872 1992 1,179 869 1993 1,196 889 1994 1,174 876 1995 1,167 877 19962 1,115 846 1997 1,144 882 1998 1,164 911 1999 1,126 873 2000 1,084 838 20003 1,048 817 1 As at 31 March. 2 From the financial year 1995–96 police numbers were collected on a full-time equivalent basis. In prior years police regulations did not permit the employment of part-time officers. 3 30 September.
Table B: Civilian support staff numbers since 1979 Year1 2Number 1979 250 1980 254 1981 257 1982 258 1983 274 1984 280 1985 295 1986 314 1987 310 1988 340 1989 351 1990 380 1991 396 1992 409 1993 414 1994 436 1995 443 1996 408 1997 451 1998 452 1999 442 2000 469 20003 505 1 As at 31 March 2 Civilian staff numbers are full-time equivalent. 3 30 September.