§ Mr. Ashbyasked the Prime Minister if she will list each police force in the United Kingdom showing the Minister ultimately responsible, the number employed in each force and the cost in 1985–86 of running each force.
§ The Prime MinisterThe table gives the information for each police force in England and Wales and in Scotland and for the Royal Ulster Constabulary for which my right hon. Friends the Secretaries of State for the Home Department, for Scotland and for Northern Ireland respectively have some statutory responsibility. Information is also given for the British Transport police, the Ministry of Defence police, the Royal Parks police and the United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority constabulary; statutory responsibility for these forces rest with my right hon. Friends the Secretaries of State for Transport, for Defence, for the Environment and for Energy respectively. There are also some other small bodies of constables operating on private property which are established under private legislation, which are not directly answerable to a Minister, and on which information is not held centrally.
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England and Wales Police Officers Civilians Traffic Wardens Police Cadets Full-time Part-time Gwent 973 204 63 22 10 Hamphire 3,079 723 160 92 — Hertfordshire 1,579 355 118 84 — Humberside 1,962 508 135 67 — Kent 2,877 815 191 118 — Lancashire 3,091 762 372 94 — Leicestershire 1,716 417 87 93 — Lincolnshire 1,157 264 108 22 — Merseyside 4,540 I ,I64 174 151 — Norfolk 1,292 296 60 39 — Northamptonshire 1,041 296 54 35 — Northumbria 3,361 1,024 154 148 — North Wales 1,268 331 101 33 — North Yorkshire 1,348 289 81 23 — Nottinghamshire 2,207 495 131 70 — South Wales 3,099 874 164 91 — South Yorkshire 2,846 746 128 65 — Staffordshire 2,106 629 73 39 60 Suffolk 1,136 365 78 36 — Surrey 1,606 365 115 42 — Sussex 2,781 706 179 119 — Thames Valley 3,393 1,068 159 115 — Warwickshire 961 277 42 25 6 West Mercia 1,926 686 134 49 — West Midlands 6,570 1,478 321 228 19 West Yorkshire 5,116 1,182 278 159 62 Wiltshire 1,037 317 68 44 — City of London 770 322 21 65 — Metropolitan 26,920 12,827 876 1,689 233 TOTALS: England and Wales 119,825 37,152 6,231 4,793 428
Police area Actual strength on 31 December 1986 Police Officers Civilians Traffic Wardens Police Cadets Full-time Part-time Scotland Central Scotland 523 90 31 21 9 Dumfries and Galloway 322 65 24 12 7 Fife 716 127 25 36 14 Grampian 958 219 38 54 18 Lothian and Borders 2,364 604 115 170 — Northern 604 140 129 23 1 Strathclyde 6,710 1,317 191 191 — Tayside 982 206 55 39 — TOTAL SCOTLAND 13,179 2,768 608 546 49 Northern Ireland Royal Ulster Constabulary 8,234 1,998 200 135 — TOTAL UNITED KINGDOM 141,238 41,918 7,039 5,474 477
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England and Wales Provisional Net Expenditure 1985/86 (£000) Police Area Net Expenditure Police Relevant for Grant Other Expenditure Net Total Revenue Expenditure Avon and Somerset 65,919 1,052 66,971 Bedfordshire 22,278 300 22,578 Cambridgeshire 27,051 342 27,393 Cheshire 37,755 852 38,607 Cleveland 31,029 488 31,517 Cumbria 25,769 354 26,123 Derbyshire 40,391 546 40,937 Devon and Cornwall 64,910 820 65,730 Dorset 29,418 370 29,788 Durham 28,150 391 28,541 Dyfed Powys 18,813 304 19,117 Essex 57,904 799 58,703 Gloucestershire 23,320 363 23,683 Greater Manchester 147,697 2,091 149,788
Police Area Net Expenditure Police Relevant for Grant Other Expenditure Net Total Revenue Expenditure Gwent 20,619 298 20,917 Hampshire 68,241 925 69,166 Hertfordshire 34,572 480 35,052 Humberside 43,976 606 44,582 Kent 66,276 719 66,995 Lancashire 66,740 717 67,457 Leicestershire 37,801 706 38,507 Lincolnshire 25,594 368 25,962 Merseyside 103,448 1,463 104,911 Norfolk 27,628 393 28,021 Northamptonshire 23,450 320 23,770 Northumbria 78,164 1,007 79,171 North Wales 27,637 247 27,884 North Yorkshire 29,410 425 29,835 Nottinghamshire 47,427 712 48,139 South Wales 68,001 933 68,934 South Yorkshire 63,901 887 64,788 Staffordshire 44,521 640 45,161 Suffolk 26,836 372 27,208 Surrey 34,673 504 35,177 Sussex 57,617 849 58,446 Thames Valley 75,787 1,140 76,927 Warwickshire 21,927 278 22,205 West Mercia 43,852 518 44,370 West Midlands 141,015 2,354 143,369 West Yorkshire 106,412 1,587 107,999 Wiltshire 23,270 319 23,589 City of London 24,396 226 24,622 Metropolitan 748,660 22,189 770,849 Totals: England and Wales 2,802,255 51,254 2,853,509
Police area Provisional net expenditure 1985–86 Net expenditure relevant for police grant Other expenditure1 (£ thousands) Net total revenue expenditure Scotland Central Scotland 10,686 183 10,869 Dumfries and Galloway 6,796 120 6,916 Fife 13,467 372 13,839 Grampian 21,602 354 21,955 Lothian and Borders 50,207 903 51,110 Northern 13,851 177 14,028 Strathclyde 140,294 2,491 142,785 Tayside 21,995 548 22,543 Totals Scotland 278,898 5,147 284,045 Northern Ireland Royal Ulster Constabulary n/a n/a 278,100 Total United Kingdom 23,081,153 256,401 3,415,654 Notes 1 Whilst "other expenditure" represents expenditure that does not rank for police grant it is expenditure that falls to the individual police authority to meet; and counts as part of the net revenue expenditure of the force. Most of this "other expenditure" represents authorities' contributions to the cost of common police services and thus is not a direct reflection of the cost of running the individual force as implied by the force strength. 2 These expenditure sub-totals are only in respect of England, Wales and Scotland.
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Strength at 31 December 1986 Police force Police officers Civilians Expenditure in 1985–86 £ thousands British Transport police 1,834 225 39,972 Ministry of Defence police 4,711 92 85,000 Royal parks police 151 5 2,184 United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority constabulary 666 n/a 10,800