§ Mr. C. Howellasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will publish a list of percentages of vacancies in the various police authorities in England, together with the actual number of vacancies.
§ Mr. R. A. ButlerThe figures—male officers only—at 31st October, 1959, were as follows:
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Force Percentage deficiency in strength Deficiency in numbers COUNTIES Bedford 6.91 40 Berks 2.58 11 Bucks 6.19 41 Cambridge 1.46 2 Cardigan 3.70 11 Carmarthen Cheshir 3.61 42 Cornwall 1.38 6 Cumberland 2.47 9 Denbigh 6.40 16 Derby 13.06 107 Devon 3.89 28 Dorset 0.46 2 Durham 3.22 45 Ely, Isle of 5.00 7 Essex 4.83 59 Flint 6.15 12 Glamorgan 1.58 16 Gloucester 3.04 22 Gwynedd Constabulary 4.63 14 Hants 1.64 15 Hereford 11.84 27 Herts 5.71 49 Hunts 5.99 7 Kent 8.84 154 Lancashire 1.04 32 Leicestershire and Rutland Constabulary 1.26 7 Lincoln 1.51 12 Monmouth 0.49 2 Mid-Wales Constabulary 4.39 9 Norfolk 1.22 6 Northampton 6.18 23 Northumberland 1.68 10 Nottingham 3.12 23 Oxford 7.92 21 Pembroke — — Peterborough 9.48 11 Salop 6.32 25 Somerset 1.34 8 Stafford 3.39 41 Suffolk, East 4.57 15 Suffolk, West 3.70 7 Surrey 6.00 54 Sussex, East 4.33 21 Sussex, West 5.61 29 Warwick 0.34 2 Westmorland 3.88 4 Wilts 1.57 8 Worcester 1.83 11 Yorks, East Riding 3.03 9 Yorks, North Riding 2.20 14 Yorks, West Riding 4.02 90 CITIES AND BOROUGHS Barnsley 1.53 2 Barrow 9.85 13 Bath 1.59 2 Birkenhead 1.73 5 Birmingham 12.10 250 Blackburn 8.38 16 Blackpool 1.52 4 Bolton 4.31 11 Bootle 4.83 7 Bournemouth 4.26 11
Force Percentage deficiency in strength Deficiency in numbers Brighton 0.94 5 6.39 19 Bristol 3.68 31 Burnley 12.41 18 Cambridge — — Cardiff 4.10 18 Carlisle 7.27 8 Coventry 13.47 52 Derby 7.79 18 Dewsbury 5.49 5 Doncaster 3.64 5 Dudley 2.91 3 Eastbourne 4.09 5 Exeter 0.78 1 Gateshead 6.36 10 Great Yarmouth 1.87 2 Grimsby 0.54 1 Halifax 4.55 8 Hastings 2.31 3 Huddersfield 9.13 21 Hull 4.71 28 Ipswich 9.30 16 Leeds 4.09 35 Leicester 6.32 28 Lincoln 6.25 8 Liverpool 21.06 406 Manchester 4.73 69 Merthyr Tydfil 5.26 6 Middlesbrough 2.49 7 Newscastle-upon-Tyne 2.71 14 Newport (Mon.) 6.93 14 Northampton 6.79 11 Norwich 2.31 5 Nottingham 1.78 11 Oldham 9.77 21 Oxford 5.66 10 Plymouth 2.54 9 Portsmouth 5.67 22 Preston 4.59 10 Reading 3.88 8 Rochdale 6.54 11 Rotherham 11.72 17 St. Helens 11.53 24 Salford 10.90 36 Sheffield 9.95 76 Southampton 2.66 10 Southend-on-Sea 2.01 6 South port 10.65 18 South Shields 8.23 13 Stockport 3.57 8 Stoke-on-Trent 1.90 7 Sunderland 1.65 4 Swansea 7.63 20 Tynemouth 7.25 9 Wakefield 2.08 2 Wallasey 6.21 11 Walsall 5.46 10 Warrington 7.59 11 Wigan 9.31 15 Wolverhampton 6.98 15 Worcester 5.36 6 York 1.12 2 City of London 28.44 275 Metropolitan 13.46 2,625