§ Mr. RathboneTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list, for the present year and each of the last nine fiscal years, the increase in establishment requested by the Metropolitan police force and each of the provincial police authorities, together with the increase approved for each of those authorities for each of those years.
§ Mr. Douglas HoggThe information requested is as follows:
27W1the increase of secen posts for Derbyshire was approved on a supernumerary basis while the force carried out a review.
1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 Increase applied for Increase approved Increase applied for Increase approved Increase applied for Increase approved Increase applied for Increase approved Increase applied for Increase approved Avon and Somerset — — — — — — 20 10 45 20 Bedfordshire — — — — — — 34 20 31 10 Cambridgeshire — — — — — — 40 20 60 20 Cheshire — — — — — — — — 25 15 Cleveland — — — — — — — — — — Cumbria 4 — 14 2 2 6 40 8 40 — 28 40 — Derbyshire — — — — 26 26 — — — — Devon and Cornwall 4 — 5 5 18 18 53 28 96 25 17 17 Dorset 1 — 20 20 8 8 14 9 40 — 15 15 Durham — — — — — — — — 16 — Dyfed Powys — — — — 1 1 — — — — Essex 10 10 10 10 50 49 50 20 80 20 21 25 365 — Gloucestershire — — — — — — — — — — Greater Manchester — — — — — — — — 140 — Gwent — — — — — — 17 8 42 9 Hampshire 3 — — — 21 21 23 — 23 23 Hertfordshire — 10 — — 33 18 41 35 35 — Humberside — — — — — — — — 41 — Kent — — — — 36 36 36 — 59 30 Lancashire — — — — — — — — — — Leicestershire — — — — 53 — — — 45 — Lincolnshire — — — — — — — — — — Merseyside — — — — 107 72 — — 35 — Norfolk 5 5 — — 40 40 — — 50 20 Northamptonshire 16 7 6 6 23 23 46 32 38 20 Northumbria 21 21 — — 75 35 40 40 80 30 North Wales — — 12 — — — — — 41 10 North Yorkshire — — — — — — — — 25 — Nottinghamshire — — — — — — 63 — 63 35 South Wales — — — — — — — — 66 — South Yorkshire — — — — 213 9 204 50 50 20 Staffordshire — 5 52 — 52 27 25 25 50 10 Suffolk — — — — 50 50 — — 1 — Surrey 14 14 22 10 13 13 6 — 6 — Sussex — — — — — 103 93 7 — — 23 Thames Valley 1174 20 — 30 200 100 200 50 200 90 214 19 Warwickshire — — 29 12 17 17 14 14 14 — 39 13 West Mercia — — 30 30 — — 10 10 — — West Midlands 14 214 — — — — — — 350 70 West Yorkshire — — — — 37 — 114 50 260 23 101 Wiltshire 3 3 11 4 — 27 39 25 20 — City of London — — 6 26 6 — — — — — Metropolitan — 200 — 50 — 350 — 300 — 300 1 Thames Valley applied in November 1984 for 174 additional posts without specifying when they would be needed. The later application for 200 posts supersedes this application. 2 These additional posts were authorised on a supernumerary basis. Current authorisation expires on various dates in 1988. (nb. Cumbria's eight posts were made substantive in 1987–88.) 3 Denotes application for duties at Stansted airport.