HC Deb 03 November 1965 vol 718 cc198-201W
Sir P. Rawlinson

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what was the strength of the police forces of England and Wales on 1st October, 1964, and 1st October, 1965, respectively.

Sir F. Soskice

Returns of strength are made by police forces at the end of every month. The numbers of men and women officers available for ordinary duty in the police forces in England and Wales on 30th September, 1964 and 30th September, 1965, respectively, were as follows:

30.9.64 30.9.65
Men Women Men Women
Counties
Bedfordshire 417 16 431 15
Berkshire 467 13 484 14
Bucks 672 18 669 24
Carmarthen and Cardigan 322 14 350 16
Cheshire 1,255 39 1,351 47
Cornwall 433 7 442 8
Cumberland 365 3 506* 9*
Westmorland 107 2 110 2
Denbighshire 297 9 305 6
Derbyshire 768 12 772 20
Devon 816 20 870 19
Dorset 447 9 473 12
Durham 1,626 59 1,642 67
Essex 1,407 34 l,309† 39†
Flintshire 222 6 237 6
Glamorgan 1,039 19 1,083 26
Gloucestershire 855 23 873 29
Gwynedd 296 6 296 6
Hampshire 1,099 27 1,151 39
Herefordshire 202 8 221 12
Herts 863 34 879 40
Kent 1,738 47 1,775 60
Lancashire 3,385 111 3,488 105
Leicestershire and Rutland 630 16 657 17
Lincolnshire 839 28 888 30
Mid-Anglia (prior to 1.4.65) — — 743 21
Cambridge 157 7 — —
Cambridgeshire 146 3 — —
Huntingdonshire 134 2 — —
Isle of Ely 141 6 — —
Peterborough 121 4 — —
Mid-Wales 216 6 220 6
Monmouth 442 12 471 12
Norfolk 500 11 531 13
Northamptonshire 399 6 391 8
Northumberland 669 23 702 22
Nottinghamshire 782 28 802 31
Oxfordshire 281 10 296 9
Pembrokeshire 164 9 165 11
Salop 405 13 412 13
Somerset 629 21 660 21
Staffordshire 1,397 64 1,501 69
Suffolk, East 321 8 335 7
Suffolk, West 210 8 215 6
Surrey 935 27 988 35
Sussex, East 501 13 517 17
Sussex, West 566 14 592 17
Warwickshire 749 16 783 22
Wiltshire 547 13 615 15
Worcestershire 588 26 577 23
Yorks, East Riding 297 7 287 9
Yorks, North Riding 626 12 628 13
Yorks, West Riding 2,375 104 2,356 105
* Including Carlisle.
30.9.64 50.9.65
Cities and Boroughs
Men Women Men Women
Barnsley 130 4 141 6
Barrow 129 5 134 5
Bath 133 4 144 3
Birkenhead 297 14 300 12
Birmingham 2,033 95 2,095 107
Blackburn 190 12 200 12
Blackpool 317 13 329 15
Bolton 281 11 314 10
Bootle 153 5 154 6
Bournemouth 286 11 302 16
Bradford 581 18 589 22
Brighton 320 9 341 8
Bristol 945 38 957 40
Burnley 153 8 162 8
Cardiff 483 13 530 14
Carlisle 131 5 See Cumberland
Coventry 461 36 466 35
Derby 242 12 241 14
Dewsbury 99 4 105 3
Doncaster 139 4 150 5
Dudley 104 4 103 5
Eatbourne 126 3 129 6
Exeter 159 7 162 7
Gateshead 178 8 178 8
Great Yarmouth 105 4 114 4
Grimsby 188 7 202 7
Halifax 178 8 190 8
Hastings 127 4 135 5
Huddersfield 213 6 214 6
Hull 588 26 581 25
Ipswich 171 6 178 8
Leeds 810 43 852 67
Leicester 437 20 471 26
Lincoln 142 6 149 5
Liverpool 1,756 103 1,763 102
Luton 172 7 200 8
Manchester 1,648 72 1,684 72
Merthyr Tydfil 111 3 119 5
Middlesbrough 295 22 318 20
Newcastle-upon-Tyne 550 29 603 37
Newport (Mon.) 210 7 217 7
Northampton 176 6 188 7
Norwich 230 7 233 7
Nottingham 616 30 657 27
Oldham 200 13 211 13
Oxford 212 8 228 8
Plymouth 396 17 413 18
Portsmouth 428 18 452 16
Preston 232 13 244 13
Reading 202 9 201 11
Rochdale 167 9 188 10
Rotherham 141 3 142 5
St. Helens 192 5 202 9
Salford 306 19 316 19
Sheffield 755 38 756 35
Southampton 403 12 416 12
Southend-on-Sea 355 19 361 17
Southport 165 8 178 10
South Shields 174 8 183 9
Stockport 247 9 266 9
Stoke-on-Trent 425 17 440 12
Sunderland 298 7 316 8
Swansea 298 8 316 8
Tynemouth 123 5 148 6
Wakefield 95 4 95 5
Wallasey 195 10 204 8
Walsall 198 14 201 16
30.9.64 30.9.65
Men Women Men Women
Warrington 147 7 159 8
Wigan 150 8 163 7
Wolverhampton 233 11 233 10
Worcester 126 7 127 7
York 190 7 195 8
City of London 743 15 723 16
M.P.D. 18,000 476 18,198† 474†
Total for all Forces 77,454 2,616 79,364 2,778
† Following alterations in the boundary of the Metropolitan Police District, 136 men and 4 women were transferred on 1st April, 1965, from the Essex Constabulary to the Metropolitan Police Force.