§ Mr. Hoosonasked 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. Hoosonasked 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.
680Wthe 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. SummerskillThe information, for England and Wales, at 31st December 1977, the latest date for which special constabulary figures are available, is as follows: