HC Deb 13 April 1981 vol 3 cc13-4W
Mr. Biggs-Davison

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department which police forces are below strength; and by how many persons.

Mr. Mayhew

The information is as follows:

Police Forces in England and Wales with vacancies at 28 February 1981
Force Number of vacancies Vacancies as a percentage of establishment
Avon and Somerset 63 2.09
Bedfordshire 2 0.21
Cambridgeshire 56 4.91
Cheshire 4 0.22
Cumbria 26 2.30
Devon and Cornwall 11 0.40
Durham 14 1.04

Force Number of vacancies Vacancies as a percentage of establishment
Essex 33 1.25
Gwent 1 0.10
Hertfordshire 9 0.59
Kent 7 0.24
Lancashire 13 0.03
Leicestershire 2 0.12
Norfolk 20 1.58
Northamptonshire 27 2.68
Northumbria 18 0.54
North Wales 19 1.45
North Yorkshire 18 1.32
Nottinghamshire 31 1.37
South Wales 35 1.13
South Yorkshire 27 0.94
Staffordshire 23 1.10
Suffolk 6 0.53
Surrey 16 1.00
Sussex 2 0.07
Thames Valley 22 0.71
Warwickshire 4 0.43
West Yorkshire 35 0.69
Wiltshire 1 0.10
City of London 177 17.32
Metropolitan 2,647 9.96