HC Deb 24 June 1976 vol 913 cc585-6W
Mr. George Grant

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what are the numbers of vacancies in each area of the police force in the United Kingdom.

Dr. Summerskill

The following table shows the number of vacancies in police forces in England and Wales on 30thApril 1976:

Force Vacancies
Avon and Somerset 35
Bedfordshire 83
Cambridgeshire 8
Cheshire 30
Cleveland 38
Cumbria 47
Derbyshire 148
Devon and Cornwall 33
Dorset 12
Durham 14
Dyfed Powys 15
Essex 77
Gloucestershire 57
Greater Manchester 625
Gwent 4
Hampshire 27
Hertfordshire 61
Humberside 191
Kent 179
Lancashire 25
Leicestershire 52
Lincolnshire 23
Merseyside 216
Norfolk 69
Northamptonshire 14
Northumbria 98
North Wales 51
North Yorkshire 19
Nottinghamshire 11
South Wales 84
South Yorkshire 215
Staffordshire 30
Suffolk 53
Surrey 19
Sussex 2
Thames Valley 70
Warwickshire 45
West Mercia 54
West Midlands 874
West Yorkshire 477
Wiltshire 29
City of London 191
Metropolitan 5,119