§ Mr. George Grantasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what is the number of police cadets under going training in each of the forces in England and Wales (a) men and (b) women, respectively.
§ Dr. SummerskillAt 31 January 1979, the numbers were as follows:
Police Force Male Cadets Female Cadets Total Avon and Somerset 47 10 57 Bedfordshire 22 — 22 Cambridgeshire 7 3 10 Cheshire 18 22 40 Cleveland 29 13 42 Cumbria 16 14 30 Derbyshire 54 30 84 Devon and Cornwall 24 11 35 Dorset 17 13 30 Durham 53 18 71 Dyfed Powys 8 4 12 Essex — — — Gloucestershire 18 13 31 Greater Manchester 132 100 232 Gwent 9 4 13 Hampshire 70 37 107 Hertfordshire 16 16 32 Humberside 45 24 69 Kent 59 39 98 Cadets as at 31 January 1979 Boys Girls Total Lancashire 99 27 126 Leicestershire 44 45 89 Lincolnshire 34 13 47 Merseyside 43 16 59 Norfolk 16 13 29 Northamptonshire 7 6 13 Northumbria 31 8 39 North Wales 21 20 41 North Yorkshire 22 14 36 Nottinghamshire 65 37 102 South Wales 68 — 68 South Yorkshire 57 49 106 Staffordshire 31 20 51 Suffolk 44 20 64 Surrey 20 7 27 Sussex 40 28 68 Thames Valley 53 48 101 Warwickshire 28 12 40 West Mercia 54 19 73 West Midlands 126 160 286 West Yorkshire 58 45 103 Wiltshire 23 15 38 City of London 9 7 16 Metropolitan 637 142 779 Totals 2,274 1,142 3,416