§ Mr. Hawksleyasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether the working party set up by the Police Advisory Board to review the role of the special constabulary has yet reported; if not when it is due to do so; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. WhitelawThe working party will report to the Police Advisory Board on 15 July 1981. We shall study the report carefully.
§ Mr. Hawksleyasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what was the strength of the special constabulary of each police force in England and Wales at 31 December 1980.
§ Mr. MayhewThe strength of the special constabulary of each police force in England and Wales at 31 December 1980 was as follows:
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Police Force Number of special constables Avon and Somerset 530 Bedfordshire 180 Cambridgeshire 261 Cheshire 197 Cleveland 169 Cumbria 255 Derbyshire 348 Devon and Cornwall 904 Dorset 275 Durham 105 Dyfed Powys 137 Essex 359 Gloucestershire 233 Greater Manchester 393 Gwent 165 Hampshire 384 Hertfordshire 240 Humberside 237 Kent 511 Lancashire 378 Leicestershire 227 Lincolnshire 388 Merseyside 385 Norfolk 251 Northamptonshire 196
Police Force Number of special constables Northumbria 491 North Wales 256 North Yorkshire 336 Nottinghamshire 400 South Wales 220 South Yorkshire 226 Staffordshire 404 Suffolk 332 Surrey 228 Sussex 476 Thames Valley 472 Warwickshire 268 West Mercia 393 West Midlands 644 West Yorkshire 386 Wiltshire 163 City of London 73 Metropolitan 1632