§ 23. Sir H. Harrisonasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will publish in the OFFICIAL REPORT details showing the authorised establishment and the actual strength of police forces in England and Wales at the latest date for which figures are available.
§ Mr. CarlisleThe figures on 31st May, 1972 were as follows:
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Police Force Authorised Establishment Actual Strength Metropolitan 25,978 21,363 City of London 1,011 814 Bedfordshire and Luton 825 727 Birmingham City 3,029 2,616 City of Bradford 761 735 Bristol 1,166 1,120 Cheshire 3,057 2,652 Cumbria 811 760 Derby County and Borough 1,513 1,321 Devon and Cornwall 2,554 2,410 Dorset and Bournemouth 962 927 Durham 2,796 2,716 Dyfed-Powys 821 811 Essex and Southend-on-Sea 2,336 2,011 Gloucestershire 1,202 1,123 Gwent 866 816 Gwynedd 1,083 1,056 Hampshire 2,750 2,586 Hertfordshire 1,400 1,218 Kent 2,270 2,202 Kingston-upon-Hull 752 716
Police Force Authorised Establishment Actual Strength Lancashire 7,000 6,567 Leeds 1,200 1,199 Leicester and Rutland 1,502 1,433 Lincolnshire 1,700 1,620 Liverpool and Bootle 2,538 2,105 Manchester and Salford 2,438 2,133 Mid-Anglia 952 864 Norfolk 1,134 1,098 Northampton and County 774 736 Northumberland 1,831 1,761 Nottinghamshire Combined 1,962 1,846 Sheffield and Rotherham 1,448 1,239 Somerset and Bath 1,260 1,053 South Wales 2,581 2,517 Staffordshire and Stoke on Trent 1,946 1,899 Suffolk 998 971 Surrey 1,388 1,237 Sussex 2,456 2,441 Teesside 971 968 Thames Valley 2,960 2,658 Warwickshire and Coventry 1,815 1,586 West Mercia 1,761 1,503 West Midlands 1,968 1,434 West Yorkshire 4,663 3,869 Wiltshire 925 827 York and North-East Yorkshire 1,218 1,147