§ Mr. Proctorasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to his reply to the hon. Member for Billericay of 11 July, Official Report, c. 216, if he will list in the Official Report the 16 police authorities which have applied for increases in establishment; what increases have been applied for; if he will list the 10 applications already approved and the numbers approved in each case; whether he intends to approve increases for the other six forces; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. HurdThe information is as follows:
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Police authority/force Number of posts applied for Number of posts approved Bedfordshire 20 20 Cumbria 7 — Derbyshire 7 7* Dorset 11 — Essex 35 10 Gloucestershire 24 24 Kent 44 — Lancashire 20 — Lincolnshire 1 1 Northamptonshire 14 12 Northumbria 25 — North Wales 3 3 Staffordshire 50† — Suffolk 14 12
Police authority/force Number of posts applied for Number of posts approved Sussex 20 8 Thames Valley 24‡ 284|| 43 * Supernumery posts †From February 1984 ‡For 1983–84 ||Unspecified year Further consideration will be given later in the year to the applications from Kent and Staffordshire; the other four authorities have been told that their applications have not been approved.