§ Mrs. Roeasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list in the Official Report the population of the areas served by each of the existing joint police authorities in England and Wales.
§ Mr. HurdThe information requested is as follows:
Population of force area on 30 June 1982* Police Authority Number Avon and Somerset 1,363,000 Devon and Cornwall 1,396,000 Dyfed-Powys 444,000 Hampshire 1,605,000 Northumbria 1,449,000 North Wales 626,000 South Wales 1,298,000 Sussex 1,343,000 Thames Valley 1,828,000 West Mercia 1,019,000 Note:
* The population figures are from the Registrar General's provisional estimate for England and Wales including British, Commonwealth and foreign armed forces stationed in the area.