§ Mr. ButlerTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will construct a table showing for each police authority what the bid was for increases in establishment in the latest allocation; when each hid was received in writing by the Department; what award he made in the case of each bid; and what percentage that award represents of the bid.
§ Mr. Douglas HoggThe information requested is as follows:
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Police authority Number of posts requested 1989–90 1Date of application 2Posts approved Percentage posts approved from application 9 December 1987 Staffordshire 90 and 9 December 1988 22 24 Surrey5 64 24 August 1988 10 16 Sussex 122 27 October 1988 17 14 7 January 1987 Thames Valley 209 and 22 September 1988 44 21 Warwickshire 14 12 April 1988 11 79 West Mercia 40 25 October 1988 28 70 West Midlands 350 24 November 1988 62 18 West Yorkshire 237 27 November 1987 32 14 Wiltshire 36 20 September 1988 11 31 TOTALS 2,759 783 28 1 In some cases increases for police forces were considered on the basis of posts unmet from previous applications, always subject to the authority's confirmation that funding was available. 2 Includes posts for which Home Secretary indicated approval in principle if application was made. 3 14 out of 16 posts applied for were approved plus indication of agreement in principle for four training posts if authority made application. 4 No written application received. Increases considered on basis of information obtained from the authority about a provisional application. 5 Application for 127 posts over 1989–90 and 1990–91. Assumption that 64 intended for 1989–90.