HC Deb 26 November 1987 vol 123 cc268-9W
Mr. Martlew

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will call for a report from the chief constable of Cumbria as to the number of police deployed in the Carlisle area per year since 1977.

Mr. Douglas Hogg

I understand from the chief constable of Cumbria that the information requested is as follows:

ON 1 JANUARY NORTHERN DIVISION (Carlisle City and Carlisle Rural Sub-Divisions)
Police Establishment Police Strength
1977 217 198
1978 218 204
1979 218 198
1980 226 210
1981 223 216
1982 228 222
1983 227 216
1984 226 221
1985 228 221
1986 227 220
1987 227 221
1 November 1987 230 224