§ Mr. Cordleasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) how many police officers have resigned from 539W each of the police forces in England and Wales in the 12 months preceding 1st June, or the nearest convenient date, having served between five and seven years, seven and 10 years, 10 and 12 years, and 12 and 15 years, respectively;
(2) how many police officers resigned from each of the police forces in England
Wastage by Length of Service 0–2 years 2–5 years 5–10 years 10–15 years Metropolitan and City of London Police … 285 130 140 109 Other police forces in England and Wales … 1,108 722 568 198
§ Mr. Cordleasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will publish a list of all police forces in England and Wales, giving their staff establishments, on 1st June 1975 or the nearest convenient date, differentiating between
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Authorised Police Establishment Police Strength for Ordinary Duty Civilian Establishment Civilian Strength Traffic Warden Establishment Traffic Warden Strength Avon and Somerset 2,868 2,619 766 657 260 188 Bedfordshire 926 802 298 246 88 76 Cambridgeshire 1,024 974 317 296 77 60 Cheshire 1,770 1,662 459 384 75 64 Cleveland 1,411 1,312 458 425 51 49 Cumbria 1,078 1,025 252 236 44 34 Derbyshire 1,559 1,480 699 591 278 121 Devon and Cornwall 2,673 2,604 911 709 224 166 Dorset 1,108 1,052 290 278 69 63 Durham 1,373 1,295 543 513 46 34 Dyfed Powys 916 866 191 185 36 36 Essex 2,436 2,227 782 694 181 148 Gloucestershire 1,101 980 244 233 50 47 Greater Manchester 6,600 5,624 1,650 1,458 417 237 Gwent 964 921 252 199 39 29 Hampshire 2,845 2,733 704 668 152 120 Hertfordshire 1,472 1,340 366 405 177 136 Humberside 1,939 1,697 551 496 111 71 Kent 2,454 2,321 947 902 296 209 Lancashire 3,080 2,891 979 876 200 120 Leicestershire 1,704 1,584 361 346 205 135 Lincolnshire 1,182 1,147 320 271 49 47 Merseyside 4,317 3,887 672 849 230 182 Norfolk 1,264 1,166 331 243 72 63 Northamptonshire 914 840 302 252 53 47 Northumbria 3,322 3,101 872 767 269 169 North Wales 1,216 1,183 313 308 59 55 North Yorkshire 1,328 1,251 383 346 67 62 Nottinghamshire 2,066 2,046 534 487 145 134 South Wales 3,069 2,867 922 854 176 139 South Yorkshire 2,752 2,347 658 568 148 105 Staffordshire 2,066 1,948 379 567 60 57 Suffolk 1,077 986 331 309 68 52 Surrey 1,442 1,287 383 353 71 52 Sussex 2,785 2,666 720 677 203 182 Thames Valley 2,960 2,795 1,000 929 215 152 Warwickshire 876 793 224 197 61 39 West Mercia 1,650 1,512 493 459 90 82 West Midlands 6,471 5,338 1,889 1,454 688 268 West Yorkshire 5,104 4,406 1,517 1,297 249 195 Wiltshire 979 918 297 259 83 61 City of London 1,028 782 314 269 100 84 Metropolitan 26,628 20,927 11,988 11,281 2,967 1,841 and Wales in the 12 months preceding 1st June 1975, or the nearest convenient date, having served less than two years in the force and between two and six years, respectively.
§ Dr. SummerskillThe only readily available information, in respect of the year ended 31st May, is as follows:
constables and civilian employees, and showing the number of persons actually employed by each force on that date.
§ Dr. SummerskillThe information, at 31st May 1975, is as follows:
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§ Mr. Cordleasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many constables were recruited into each of the police forces in England and Wales in the 12 monthe preceding 1st June 1975 or the nearest convenient date.
§ Dr. SummerskillFollowing is the information, in respect of the year ended 31st May:
Avon and Somerset … … 188 Bedfordshire … … 88 Cambridgeshire … … 84 Cheshire … … 188 Cleveland … … 96 Cumbria … … 72 Derbyshire … … 168 Devon and Cornwall … … 167 Dorset … … 95 Durham … … 104 Dyfed Powys … … 70 Essex … … 172* Gloucestershire … … 78 Greater Manchester … … 357 Gwent … … 77 Hampshire … … 231 Hertfordshire … … 125 Humberside … … 117 Kent … … 281 Lancashire … … 213 Leicestershire … … 143 Lincolnshire … … 90 Merseyside … … 271 Norfolk … … 60 Northamptonshire … … 117 Northumbria … … 158 North Wales … … 115 North Yorkshire … … 109 Nottinghamshire … … 210 South Wales … … 200 South Yorkshire … … 176 Staffordshire … … 125 Suffolk … … 56 Surrey … … 118 Sussex … … 346† Thames Valley … … 291 Warwickshire … … 79 West Mercia … … 132 West Midlands … … 1,101 West Yorkshire … … 341 Wiltshire … … 105 City of London … … 31 Metropolitan … … 1,587‡ * Includes 11 officers transferred from the British Airports Authority Constabulary. † Includes 43 officers transferred from the British Airports Authority Constabulary. ‡Includes 326 officers transferred from the British Airports Authority Constabulary.