HC Deb 03 July 1978 vol 953 cc41-3W
Mr. Hardy

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what is the present number of police officers and of other employees of constabularies in

30TH APRIL 1978
Police strength ordinary duty Traffic wardens Cadets Civilians (Part time staff 2 to 1 basis)
Avon and Somerset 2,748 151 30 613
Bedfordshire 840 52 2 252
Cambridgeshire 1,013 53 14 287
Cheshire 1,724 58 392
Cleveland 1,277 35 16 296
Cumbria 1,010 28 14 250
Derbyshire 1,496 89 49 593
Devon and Cornwall 2,608 139 25 740
Dorset 1,091 52 9 271
Durham 1,270 28 37 514
Dyfed Powys 908 31 10 188
Essex 2,335 109 2 657
Gloucestershire 1,036 38 17 225
Greater Manchester 6,282 221 63 1,356
Gwent 952 22 197
Hampshire 2,812 107 101 677
Hertfordshire 1,465 99 36 373
Humberside 1,780 65 17 504
Kent 2,662 145 70 847
Lancashire 3,033 95 104 860
Leicestershire 1,645 87 54 342
Lincolnshire 1,136 29 24 283
Merseyside 4,231 131 900
Norfolk 1,217 53 20 239
Northamptonshire 868 39 11 251
Northumbria 3,175 135 762
North Wales 1,243 43 22 309
North Yorkshire 1,271 56 20 339
Nottinghamshire 2,055 97 83 545
South Wales 2,861 108 21 824
South Yorkshire 2,493 74 64 577
Staffordshire 1,942 52 33 578
Suffolk 1,007 47 31 306
Surrey 1,455 26 27 359
Sussex 2,647 132 25 708
Thames Valley 2,656 102 54 911
Warwickshire 848 30 27 204
West Mercia 1,612 68 39 473
West Midlands 5,758 217 181 1,389
West Yorkshire 4,573 140 98 1,150
Wiltshire 953 47 28 249
City of London 817 49 264
Metropolitan 21,799 1,484 571 12,008
Totals 106,604 4,863 2,049 34,062

England and Wales; and how these numbers compare with the position five years earlier.

Dr. Summerskill

Figures for individual police forces and national totals on 30th April 1974 and 30th April 1978 are given in the table below. Total figures only for 30th April 1973 are shown separately. Comparative figures for individual forces cannot be given owing to changes arising from local government reorganisation.

30TH APRIL 1974
Police strength ordinary duty Traffic wardens Cadets Civilians (Part time staff 2 to 1 basis)
Avon and Somerset 2,570 182 92 607
Bedfordshire 770 78 35 235
Cambridgeshire 940 61 51 287
Cheshire 1,561 68 64 378
Cleveland 1,286 45 45 389
Cumbria 1,000 33 35 224
Derbyshire 1,399 112 111 522
Devon and Cornwall 2,528 159 125 678
Dorset 1,013 50 38 249
Durham 1,246 39 55 496
Dyfed Powys 820 34 26 182
Essex 2,120 133 98 642
Gloucestershire 919 46 43 223
Greater Manchester 5,582 296 218 1,134
Gwent 897 26 39 189
Hampshire 2,622 111 105 620
Hertfordshire 1,275 139 69 378
Humberside 1,683 75 36 434
Kent 2,197 208 113 845
Lancashire 2,757 118 189 875
Leicestershire 1,506 135 87 328
Lincolnshire 1,098 42 50 250
Merseyside 3,867 186 99 778
Norfolk 1,137 62 37 237
Northamptonshire 766 42 48 208
Northumbria 3,105 165 71 651
North Wales 1,124 51 56 286
North Yorkshire 1,183 64 42 315
Nottinghamshire 1,964 113 132 433
South Wales 2,771 138 88 713
South Yorkshire 2,316 118 101 438
Staffordshire 1,892 58 91 545
Suffolk 987 57 49 276
Surrey 1,263 47 53 312
Sussex 2,437 148 99 603
Thames Valley 2,709 140 114 837
Warwickshire 739 38 49 197
West Mercia 1,456 81 103 440
West Midlands 5,231 278 243 1,320
West Yorkshire 4,368 200 237 1,156
Wiltshire 857 55 57 235
City of London 789 90 31 237
Metropolitan 20,725 1,873 631 11,812
Totals 99,475 6,194 4,155 32,194

30TH APRIL 1973
Police strength ordinary duty 99,031
Traffic wardens 6,493
Cadets 4,110
Civilians 29,502