§ Mr. Kilroy-Silkasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what is the number of full-time police officers in drug squads in each police force area.
§ Mr. Giles ShawAs at 1 January 1985 a total of 630 officers were employed full-time in drug squads in police forces in England and Wales as follows:
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Ch Supt Supt Ch Insp Insp Sgt Cons Avon and Somerset — — 1 1 5 18 Bedfordshire — — — 1 1 6 Cambridgeshire — — — 1 2 6
Ch Supt Supt Ch Insp Insp Sgt Cons Cheshire — — — 1 5 8 Cleveland — — — 1 4 8 Cumbria — — — 1 1 8 Derbyshire — — — 1 1 8 Devon and Cornwall — — — 1 5 18 Dorset — — — 1 2 8 Durham — — — 1 3 4 Essex — — — — 2 6 Gloucestershire — — — 1 4 5 Greater Manchester — — 1 2 3 16 Hampshire — — — 1 5 19 Hertfordshire — — — 1 3 6 Humberside — — — 1 3 10 Kent — — — — 5 6 Lancashire — — 1 1 7 23 Leicestershire — — — 1 3 9 Lincolnshire — — — 1 1 6 London, City of — — — — — — Merseyside — — 1 1 6 6 Metropolitan Police 1 1 2 3 18 13 Norfolk — — — — 1 8 Northamptonshire — — — — 1 4 Northumbria — — — 1 5 9 North Yorkshire — — 1 1 4 5 Nottinghamshire — — — 1 2 10 South Yorkshire — — — 1 5 11 Staffordshire — — — 1 2 9 Suffolk — — — 1 2 10 Surrey — — — — 3 3 Sussex — — — 1 4 16 Thames Valley — — — 1 4 13 Warwickshire — — — — 1 7 West Mercia — — — 1 2 15 West Midlands — — 1 3 13 26 West Yorkshire — — 1 2 8 18 Wiltshire — — — — — 6 Dyfed Powys — — — 1 1 7 Gwent — — — — 1 6 North Wales — — — 1 1 9 South Wales — — 1 1 2 18 TOTAL 1 1 10 40 151 427 GRAND TOTAL: 630