§ Mr. Speedasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list the police establishment figures for each authority, the date they were set, and the percentage increase in indictable offences in each authority since that date.
§ Mr. Merlyn ReesI append a list. Many of the dates relate to minor4W increases and to calculate changes in indictable offences since these dates would involve disproportionate cost.
Authorised establishment Date of last increase Avon and Somerset 2,851 11.8.1976 Bedfordshire 941 14.10.1976 Cambridgeshire 1,090 12.7.1976 Cheshire 1,805 9.8.1976 Cleveland 1,411 29.12.1975* Cumbria 1,082 30.3.1977 Derbyshire 1,709 1.4.1976 Devon and Cornwall 2,673 29.12.1975* Dorset 1,114 22.12.1977 Durham 1,349 8.3.1977 Dyfed Powys 916 29.12.1975* Essex 2,511 20.9.1976 Gloucestershire 1,100 18.5.1976 Greater Manchester. 6,735 7.9.1976 Gwent 964 29.12.1975* Hampshire 2,935 23.8.1976 Hertfordshire 1,483 19.1.1977 Humberside 1,939 29.12.1975* Kent 2,703 1.2.1978 Lancashire 3,080 29.12.1975* Leicestershire 1,705 29.12.1975* Lincolnshire 1,182 29.12.1975* Merseyside 4,451 1.4.1977 Norfolk 1,264 29.12.1975* Northamptonshire 950 14.7.1976 Northumbria 3,322 29.12.1975* North Wales 1,276 29.12.1975* North Yorkshire 1,328 29.12.1975* Nottinghamshire 2,144 8.8.1977 South Wales 3,069 29.12.1975* South Yorkshire 2,752 29.12.1975* Staffordshire 2,066 29.12.1975* Suffolk 1,087 8.2.1978 Surrey 1,503 14.7.1976 Sussex 2,799 1.2.1978 Thames Valley 2,996 2.3.1978 Warwickshire 876 29.12.1975* West Mercia 1,671 20.6.1977 West Midlands 6,509 1.7.1976 West Yorkshire 5,104 29.12.1975* Wiltshire 995 8.3.1977 City of London 1,022 29.121975* Metropolitan 26,628 28.10.1974 * Revised to give combined establishment for men and women to comply with the Sex Discrimination Act 1975.