§ Mr. Corbynasked the Secretary of State for the Home Deaprtment if he will list, for each police authority, the total establishment and the number of post holders for each year since 1979.
§ Mr. Giles ShawOn 30 September 1985 the authorised establishment and strength of police forces in England and Wales was as follows. Similar information for 31 December of each year since 1979 is shown in appendix 7 to the annual published reports of Her Majesty's Chief Inspector of Constabulary.
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Police Force Authorised Establishment Police Strength Avon and Somerset 3,020 2,988 Bedfordshire 1,000 977 Cambridgeshire 1,140 1,136 Cheshire 1,845 1,804 Cleveland 1,474 1,458 Cumbria 1,128 1,110 Derbyshire 1,767 1,762 Devon and Cornwall 2,739 2,738 Dorset 1,203 1,186 Durham 1,357 1,297 Dyfed Powys 934 919 Essex 2,673 2,661 Gloucestershire 1,164 1,146 Greater Manchester 6,943 6,782 Gwent 978 970 Hampshire 3,084 3,076 Hertfordshire 1,578 1,577 Humberside 1,972 1,917 Kent 2,875 2,848 Lancashire 3,158 3,019 Leicestershire 1,733 1,738 Lincolnshire 1,183 1,144 Merseyside 4,607 4,567 Norfolk 1,278 1,248 Northamptonshire 1,031 1,023 Northumbria 3,378 3,358 North Wales 1,316 1,257 North Yorkshire 1,368 1,362 Nottinghamshire 2,259 2,191
Police Force Authorised Establishment Police Strength South Wales 3,109 3,065 South Yorkshire 2,872 2,821 Staffordshire 2,104 2,096 Suffolk 1,136 1,130 Surrey 1,626 1,609 Sussex 2,830 2,806 Thames Valley 3,317 3,295 Warwickshire 925 927 West Mercia 1,953 1,926 West Midlands 6,684 6,549 West Yorkshire 5,154 5,015 Wiltshire 1,045 1,030 City of London 798 777 Metropolitan 27,165 26,681 Total 120,903 118,986