HC Deb 12 November 1979 vol 973 c389W
Mr. Rooker

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether any

POPULATION OF POLICE FORCE AREAS ENGLAND AND WALES EXCLUDING METROPOLITAN POLICE DISTRICT AND CITY OF LONDON
1963* 1978
Average population of all police force areas 316,000 1,017,000
Largest population 2,330,000 2,712,000
(Lancashire) (West Midlands)
Smallest population 53,000 431,000
(Great Yarmouth) (Dyfed Powys)
* Based on calculations made in 1964 and not revised in the light of the 1971 census.