Lord Bruce of Doningtonasked Her Majesty's Government:
Whether they will provide details for each division of the Fraud Squad in the United Kingdom, showing the numbers and their composition by rank/grade and indicating how many possess recognised accountancy qualifications, and whether they will also state the total annual cost of the entire service.
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§ The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Home Office (Lord Elton)I understand from the chief officers of police concerned that in 1982 the composition of the fraud squads in their forces was as follows:
Rank Force Commander Detective Chief Superintendent Detective Superintendent Detective Chief Inspector Detective Inspector Detective Sergeant Detective Police Constable Total Avon and Somerset — — — 1 1 2 6 10 Bedfordshire — 1 — — 1 1 2 5 Cambridgeshire — — — — — 2 1 3 Cheshire — 1 — — — 2 1 4 Cleveland — . — — 1 4 4 9 Cumbria — — — — 1 1 2 4 Derbyshire — — — 1 2 1 5 9 Devon and Cornwall — — — 1 1 2 6 10 Dorset — — — — 1 2 2 5 Durham — 1 — 1 1 2 3 8 Dyfed Powis — — — — — — — — Essex — — — 1 1 5 5 12 Gloucestershire — — — — 1 1 3 5 Greater Manchester — — 1 1 3 7 7 19 Gwent — — — — — — — — Hampshire — — 1 1 3 10 12 27 Hertfordshire — — — 1 — 2 4 7 Humberside — — — 1 1 6 6 14 Kent — — — — 1 5 5 11 Lancashire — — — 1 1 5 4 11 Leicestershire — — — 1 — 3 3 7 Lincolnshire — — — 1 1 2 2 6 Merseyside — — 1 1 3 6 6 17 Norfolk — — — — — 1 4 5 Northamptonshire — — — — — 1 2 3 Northumbria — — — 1 1 4 8 14 North Wales — — — — 1 1 2 4 North Yorkshire — — — 1 2 4 4 11 Nottinghamshire — — — — — 1 2 3 South Wales — — — 1 1 3 5 10 South Yorkshmire — — — 1 2 4 4 11 Staffordshire — — — 1 — 3 3 7 Suffolk — — — 1 1 1 3 6 Surrey — — — — — 1 1 2 Sussex — — — 1 1 4 4 10 Thames Valley — — — — 1 2 9 12 Warwickshire — — — — 1 3 3 7 West Mercia — — — 1 — 3 4 8 West Midlands — — 1 1 3 9 15 29 West Yorkshire — — — 1 2 10 12 25 Wiltshire — — — — 1 1 2 4 City of London — 1 4 6 11 11 22 55 Metropolitan 1 4 4 13 28 40 63 153 Central Scotland — — — — — — — — Dumfries/Galloway — — — — — — — — Fife — — — — — — — — Grampian — — — — — — — — Lothian/Borders — — — 1 2 4 9 16 Northern — — — — — — — — Strathclyde — — 1 1 5 4 3 14 Tayside — — — — — — — — Royal Ulster Constabulary — — — 1 3 6 8 18 The basic annual pay of these officers was in the region of £6.5 million. (This excludes rent allowance and other salary-related costs). Information about the qualifications of individual officers is not held centrally and could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.