§ Mr. Loveridgeasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list in the Official Report the numbers of non-uniformed staff employed in connection with the Metropolitan Police and separately in the other police forces for 1950, 1960, 1970, and each year since then; and if he will also list the numbers of uniformed men and women for the same years.
§ Mr. MayhewWe have assumed that by "non-uniformed staff' my hon. Friend is referring to civilian270W staff employed in the police service, and by "uniformed men and women" to police officers. The figures for forces in England and Wales are as follows:
Civilian Staff End of year Full-Time Part-Time Met Police Other Forces Total Met Police Other Forces Total 1950 299 3,970 4,269 * * * 1960 4,632 6,447 11,079 1,501 * * 1970 8,186 15,135 23,321 3,352 * * 1971 7,188 16,465 23,653 3,550 * * 1972 9,335 17,057 26,392 3,814 * * 1973 9,326 17,749 27,075 3,566 4,076 7,642 1974 9,903 19,563 29,466 3,570 4,628 8,198 1975 10,439 20,115 30,554 3,549 4,764 8,313 1976 10,439 20,189 30,628 3,247 4,599 7,846 1977 10,390 19,814 30,204 3,293 4,537 7,830 1978 10,817 20,255 31,072 3,338 4,617 7,955 1979 11,175 20,539 31,714 3,379 4,717 8,096 1980 12,344 21,193 33,537 3,486 4,869 8,355 * Figures not available for these years.
Police Officers End of Year Met Police Other Forces Men Women Total Men Women Total 1950 15,741 327 16,068 45,347 1,018 46,365 1960 16,676 436 17,112 53,125 1,836 54,961 1970 20,597 621 21,218 68,654 2,972 71,626 1971 20,660 631 21,291 71,150 3,200 74,350 1972 20,589 648 21,237 73,690 3,481 77,171 1973 20,152 630 20,782 74,722 3,707 78,429 1974 20,127 723 20,850 75,941 3,983 79,924 1975 20,304 876 21,180 79,619 4,897 84,516 1976 20,937 1,265 22,202 80,105 5,732 85,837 1977 20,544 1,422 21,966 78,391 6,367 84,758 1978 20,473 1,488 21,961 78,661 6,989 85,650 1979 20,794 1,734 22,528 81,566 7,660 89,226 1980 21,492 2,070 23,562 84,026 8,284 92,310