HC Deb 31 October 1945 vol 415 cc588-92W
Mr. Grimston

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department the names of the non-county boroughs which will lose their separate police forces, the respective populations thereof, and the size of the respective police forces concerned; the names of the county boroughs which have their own police forces, the respective populations thereof, and the size of the respective police forces concerned; and the names of the counties which have their own police forces, the respective populations thereof, and the size of the respective police forces concerned.

Mr. Ede

The particulars asked for are given in the tables below:

LIST OF NON-COUNTY BOROUGHS IN ENGLAND AND WALES WITH SEPARATE POLICE FORCES
Force. Authorised Establishment (1939). Population (1931).
Accrington 52 42,991
Ashton 61 52,175
Bacup 28 20,590
Bedford 64 42,606
Boston 31 22,116
Cambridge 120 70,169
Carmarthen 17 10,310
Chepping Wycombe 41 29,626
Chesterfield 89 64,160
Clitheroe 15 12,008
Colchester 65 49,131
Congleton 18 14,666
Dover* 65 41,281
Folkestone* 73 46,170
Glossop 31 20,001
Grantham 29 19,711
Gravesend* 59 37,670
Guildford* 63 34,237
Hartlepool 26 20,638
Hereford 49 24,163
Hove* 98 54,993
Hyde 41 32,313
Kendal 23 16,316
Kidderminster 44 29,521
King's Lynn 30 23,528
Lancaster 60 43,649
Leamington 55 29,669
Luton 112 70,501
Macclesfield 47 35,552
Maidstone* 64 44,877
Margate* 71 40,3O7
Neath 42 33,340
Newark 27 19,535
Newcastle-under-Lyme 75 54,742
Penzance* 24 19,827
Peterborough 55 43,551
Ramsgate* 63 34,422
Reigate* 59 34,547
Rochester* 59 32,377
St. Albans 51 30,726
Salisbury* 37 26,460
Scarborough 65 42,384
Shrewsbury 52 36,732
Stalybridge 35 24,978
Tunbridge Wells* 66 35,839
Winchester* 38 23,523
Windsor 39 20,287
* Non-county borough police forces merged under EmergencyPowers.

LIST OF COUNTY BOROUGHS IN ENGLAND AND WALES WITH SEPARATE POLICE FORCES
Force. Authorised Establishment (1939). Population (1931).
Barnsley 90 73,877
Barrow 96 66,202
Bath 110 68,815
Birkenhead 220 151,513

Force. Authorised Establishment (1939). Population (1931).
Birmingham 1,887 1,002,603
Blackburn 175 122,791
Blackpool 169 106,095
Bolton 234 177,250
Bootle 115 76,770
Bradford 478 298,692
Brighton* 224 147,427
Bristol 670 403,948
Burnley 130 98,258
Canterbury* 40 25,109
Cardiff 337 226,937
Carlisle 82 57,304
Chester 62 45,747
Coventry 272 178,126
Derby 177 142,520
Dewsbury 79 54,302
Doncaster 94 64,708
Dudley 80 59,583
Eastbourne* 113 58,542
Exeter 90 65,700
Gateshead 156 124,545
Great Yarmouth 76 56,771
Grimsby 120 92,458
Halifax 149 98,115
Hastings* 114 66,191
Huddersfield 152 123,048
Hull 460 313,649
Ipswich 117 87,569
Leeds 703 482,827
Leicester 312 257,718
Lincoln 98 66,243
Liverpool 1,821 856,072
Manchester 1,511 766,311
Merthyr Tydfil 87 71,108
Middlesbrough 196 138,960
Newcastle-upon-Tyne 426 286,255
Newport 153 98,447
Northampton 131 96,546
Norwich 156 126,233
Nottingham 408 276,189
Oldham 180 140,314
Oxford 134 80,539
Plymouth 299 208,182
Portsmouth 315 252,421
Preston 152 119,665
Reading 131 97,149
Rochdale 136 95,527
Rotherham 89 75,223
St. Helens 152 107,452
Salford 345 223,438
Sheffield 715 518,257
Southampton 272 176,007
South end-on-Sea 247 129,483
Southport 115 78,925
South Shields 143 113,185
Stockport 145 126,362
Stoke-on-Trent 254 276,639
Sunderland 219 185,903
Swansea 199 164,797
Tynemouth 87 65,919
Wakefield 75 59,305
Wallasey 127 98,361
Walsall 120 103,059
Warrington 113 81,561
Wigan 118 85,357
Wolverhampton 170 138,631
Worcester 78 51,686
York 113 94,006
* County borough police forces merged under Emergency Powers.

LIST OF COUNTY POLICE FORCES IN ENGLAND AND WALES
Force. Authorised Establishment (1939). Population (1931).
Anglesey 43 49,029
Bedfordshire 162 107,418
Berkshire 300 194,017
Breconshire 64 57,775
Buckinghamshire 378 241,797
Caernarvonshire 124 120,829
Cambridgeshire 74 69,835
Cardiganshire 43 55,184
Carmarthenshire 148 168,790
Cheshire 791 558,066
Cornwall 302 296,401
Cumberland 286 205,847
Denbighshire 141 157,951
Derbyshire 521 523,530
Devonshire 524 449,476
Dorsetshire 298 239,352
Durham 1,119 1,041,904
Ely, Isle of 88 80,864
Essex 831 518,260
Flintshire 118 112,586
Glamorganshire 822 732,883
Gloucestershire 511 386,585
Hampshire* 646 562,365
Herefordshire 102 87,604
Hertfordshire 386 295,728
Huntingdonshire 71 56,206
Kent 793 628,236
Lancashire 2,526 1,666,771
Leicestershire 253 283,917

Force. Authorised Establishment (1939). Population (1931).
Lincolnshire 461 423,925
Merionethshire 39 43,201
Monmouthshire 300 333,163
Montgomeryshire 40 48,473
Norfolk 352 295,378
Northamptonshire 223 212,928
Northumberland 381 404,608
Nottinghamshire 447 417,007
Oxfordshire 148 129,245
Pembrokeshire 88 87,206
Peterborough 10 8,288
Radnorshire 22 21,323
Rutland 22 17,401
Shropshire 205 207,424
Somerset 423 383,755
Staffordshire 933 860,848
Suffolk, East 209 207,408
Suffolk West 131 106,137
Surrey 536 329,905
Sussex, East* 299 219,711
Sussex West* 307 222,995
Warwickshire 418 322,815
Westmorland 62 49,092
Wight, Isle of* 79 88,454
Wiltshire 351 276,733
Worcestershire 364 279,266
Yorkshire, East Riding 215 169,287
Yorkshire North Riding 405 285,422
Yorkshire West Riding 1,681 1,504,057
* County police forces merged under Emergency Powers.