§ Mr. Ron Lewisasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will publish in theOfficial Report details of the current strength of each police authority, and the numbers needed to bring them up to full strength.
§ Dr. SummerskillThe figures which relate to police officers are as follows:
Strength at 30th September 1977 Vacancies Avon and Somerset 2,775 76 Bedfordshire 859 82 Cambridgeshire 1,012 78 Cheshire 1,726 79 Cleveland 1,310 101 Cumbria 1,000 82 Derbyshire 1,506 203 Devon and Cornwall 2,541 132 Dorset 1,084 24 Durham 1,285 64 Dyfed Powys 911 5 Essex 2,333 178 Gloucestershire 1,047 53 Greater Manchester 6,310 425 Gwent 946 18 Hampshire 2,794 141 Hertfordshire 1,457 26 Humberside 1,778 161 Kent 2,608 7 Lancashire 3,037 43 Leicestershire 1,635 70 Lincolnshire 1,141 41 Merseyside 4,260 191 Norfolk 1,185 79 Northamptonshire 895 55 Northumbria 3,195 127 North Wales 1,229 47 North Yorkshire 1,277 51 Nottinghamshire 2,060 84 South Wales 2,395 174 South Yorkshire 2,521 231 Staffordshire 1,976 90 Suffolk 1,010 76 Surrey 1,464 39 Sussex 2,661 124 Thames Valley 2,738 257 Warwickshire 856 20 West Mercia 1,646 25 West Midlands 5,778 731 West Yorkshire 4,648 456 Wiltshire 940 55 City of London 834 188 Metropolitan 22,126 4,502
§ Mr. Ron Lewisasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many policemen and others have resigned from the police forces during the past 12 months.
§ Dr. SummerskillThe number of police officers resigning without pension or gratuity during the 12 months ended 485W 30th September 1977 was 4,929 of whom 3,718 were men and 1,211 women. If the hon. Member will indicate what other classes of staff he has in mind, I will see whether the information is available.