HC Deb 23 June 1988 vol 135 c677W
56. Mr. John Greenway

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what further plans he has to increase police manpower.

Mr. Douglas Hogg

The programme announced in May 1986 allows for 500 posts for provincial forces and 300 for the Metropolitan police in 1989–90. We shall continue to keep the size of planned increases in police establishments under close review.