§ Mr. Roseasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he will allocate more resources to improving relations between the police and minority
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Strength at 30th September 1976 Establishment Date fixed Avon and Somerset … … … … 2,780 2,851 August 1976 Bedfordshire … … … … 842 941 October 1976 Cambridgeshire … … … … 1,040 1,090 July 1976 Cheshire … … … … 1,749 1,805 August 1976 Cleveland … … … … 1,340 1.411 April 1976 Cumbria … … … … 1,021 1,079 June 1975 Derbyshire … … … … 1,572 1,709 March 1976 Devon and Cornwall … … … … 2,579 2,673 May 1975 Dorset … … … … 1,076 1,108 May 1975 Durham … … … … 1,323 1,373 March 1975 Dyfed Powys … … … … 909 916 June 1975 Essex … … … … 2,340 2,511 September 1976 Gloucestershire … … … … 1,058 1,100 May 1976 Greater Manchester … … … … 6,113 6,735 September 1976 Gwent … … … … 935 964 April 1976 Hampshire … … … … 2,779 2,935 August 1976 Hertfordshire … … … … 1,417 1,472 April 1974 Humberside … … … … 1,737 1,939 July 1975 Kent … … … … 2,455 2,615 March 1976 Lancashire … … … … 3,022 3,080 May 1976 Leicestershire … … … … 1,652 1,705 July 1975 Lincolnshire … … … … 1,152 1,182 May 1975 Merseyside … … … … 4,120 4,342 May 1975 Norfolk … … … … 1,188 1,264 March 1975 Northamptonshire … … … … 898 950 July 1976 Northumbria … … … … 3,195 3,322 June 1975 North Wales … … … … 1,233 1,276 June 1975 North Yorkshire … … … … 1,301 1,328 May 1975 Nottinghamshire … … … … 2,098 2,145 September 1976 South Wales … … … … 2,988 3,069 May 1975 South Yorkshire … … … … 2,583 2,752 October 1976 Staffordshire … … … … 2,030 2,066 September 1975 Suffolk … … … … 1,029 1,086 May 1976 Surrey … … … … 1,437 1,503 July 1976 Sussex … … … … 2,738 2,785 March 1976 groups within the Metropolitan area including additional payments to officers undertaking duties in liaison and community relations work.
§ Mr. Merlyn ReesThe Commissioner is well aware of the importance of this aspect of police work. In deploying the increasing number of police officers available to him he will continue to pay special attention to the needs of areas in which minority groups have settled. The rates of pay of all police officers are governed by Police Regulations.