§ Mr. Nicholas Wintertonasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many policemen have left the United Kingdom police forces during the last 12 months after less than (a) 10 years' service and (b) five years' service.
§ Dr. SummerskillI can answer only in respect of police forces in England and Wales. The figures, which are for the 12 months ended 30th November 1976, are as follows:
Officers with less than five years' service 2,388 Officers with five years' but less than 10 years' service 481
§ Mr. Nicholas Wintertonasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list the number of recruits required in each police force in the United Kingdom to bring each force up to full strength.
§ Dr. SummerskillI can answer only for forces in England and Wales. The
464W
TELEVISION LICENCES IN FORCE ON 30TH NOVEMBER 1976 Number of licences (000s) Colour Monochrome Total England … … … … … … … 7,958 7,159 15,117 Scotland … … … … … … … 866 759 1,625 Wales … … … … … … … 469 420 889 Northern Ireland … … … … … … … 117 160 277 figures for these forces at 31st December 1976 were as follows:
VACANCIES AT 31ST DECEMBER 1976 Avon and Somerset … … 49 Bedfordshire … … 87 Cambridgeshire … … 39 Cheshire … … 56 Cleveland … … 83 Cumbria … … 52 Derbyshire … … 150 Devon and Cornwall … … 119 Dorset … … 23 Durham … … 42 Dyfed Powys … … 8 Essex … … 174 Gloucestershire … … 33 Greater Manchester … … 540 Gwent … … 17 Hampshire … … 146 Hertfordshire … … 35 Humberside … … 185 Kent … … 89 Lancashire … … 32 Leicestershire … … 35 Lincolnshire … … 16 Merseyside … … 83 Norfolk … … 64 Northamptonshire … … 35 Northumbria … … 108 North Wales … … 38 North Yorkshire … … 3 Nottinghamshire … … 33 South Wales … … 87 South Yorkshire … … 136 Staffordshire … … 59 Suffolk … … 53 Surrey … … 49 Sussex … … 51 Thames Valley … … 139 Warwickshire … … 19 West Mercia … … 61 West Midlands … … 743 West Yorkshire … … 428 Wiltshire … … 49 City of London … … 167 Metropolitan … … 4,383