HC Deb 23 November 1978 vol 958 cc679-80W
Mr. Hooson

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what is

Police Area Special Constables Regular Force Proportion Per cent
Avon and Somerset 608 2,804 21.3
Bedfordshire 203 877 23.14
Cambridgeshire 365 1,017 35.88
Cheshire 238 1,737 13.70
Cleveland 187 1,317 14.19
Cumbria 278 1,006 27.63
Derbyshire 522 1,513 34.50
Devon and Cornwall 1,330 2,606 51.03
Dorset 277 1,109 24.97
Durham 134 1,320 10.15
Dyfed Powys 170 923 18.41
Essex 397 2,350 16.89
Gloucestershire 324 1,061 30.53
Greater Manchester 466 6,371 7.31
Gwent 243 959 25.33
Hampshire 447 2,805 15.93
Hertfordshire 299 1,488 20.09
Humberside 322 1,813 177
Kent 797 2,678 29.76
Lancashire 389 3,088 12.59
Leicestershire 306 1,654 18.50
Lincolnshire 469 1,153 40.67
Merseyside 341 4,330 787
Norfolk 301 1,219 24.69
Northamptonshire 237 889 26.65
Northumbria 480 3,232 14.85
North Wales 550 1,262 43.58
North Yorkshire 375 1,292 29.02
Nottinghamshire 522 2,093 24.94
South Wales 297 2,916 10.18
South Yorkshire 267 2,519 10.59
Staffordshire 553 1,984 27.87
Suffolk 430 1,017 42.28
Surrey 268 1,483 18.07
Sussex 489 2,688 18.19
Thames Valley 580 2,725 21.28
Warwickshire 397 872 45.52
West Mercia 624 1,658 37.63
West Midlands 908 5,852 15.51
West Yorkshire 450 4,674 9.62
Wiltshire 264 961 27.47
City of London 131 842 15.55
Metropolitan 2,017 22,044 9.14
TOTALS 19,252 108,201 17.79

Mr. Hooson

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what is the current budget for national advertisements inviting those interested to join the special constabulary.

Dr. Summerskill

£22,000 nationally. There are, in addition, local campaigns which are the primary means of recruiting.

the current strength of the special constabulary, for each force and in total; and what proportion of the regular force this represents both by force and in total.

Dr. Summerskill

The information, for England and Wales, at 31st December 1977, the latest date for which special constabulary figures are available, is as follows: