§ Mr. Peter Bruinvelsasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will call for a report from each chief constable giving details of the number of traffic wardens in each force area.
§ Mr. Giles ShawThe information for England and Wales is as follows:
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Number of Traffic Wardens on 31 December 1985 Number Avon and Somerset 142 Bedfordshire 31 Cambridgeshire 45 Cheshire 44 Cleveland 25 Cumbria 24 Derbyshire 82 Devon and Cornwall 117 Dorset 70 Durham 21 Dyfed Powys 23 Essex 112 Gloucestershire 33 Greater Manchester 194 Gwent 21 Hampshire 89 Hertfordshire 85 Humberside 66 Kent 117 Lancashire 91 Leicestershire 95 Lincolnshire 20 Merseyside 150 Norfolk 38 Northamptonshire 32 Northumbria 140 North Wales 30 North Yorkshire 22 Nottinghamshire 77 South Wales 95 South Yorkshire 61 Staffordshire 40
Number Suffolk 30 Surrey 41 Sussex 125 Thames Valley 110 Warwickshire 23 West Mercia 49 West Midlands 177 West Yorkshire 158 Wiltshire 44 City of London 79 Metropolitan 1,701 TOTAL 4,769