§ 35. Mr. Colin Shepherdasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what is the present rate of recruitment into the non-metropolitan police forces.
§ Mr. Douglas HoggAbout 3,700 police officers were recruited to the non metropolitan forces (that is all forces in England and Wales except the Metropolitan Police, and the City of London, Greater Manchester, Merseyside, Northumbria, South Yorkshire, West Midlands and West: Yorkshire forces) in the year ended 30 June 1987. They were recruited either to replace officers who retired or resigned or to enable forces to implement increases in establishment. Between May 1979 and May 1987 strengths in these forces increased by 4,041 police officers, from 60,277 to 64,318.