§ Mr. Nicholas BennettTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will give the number of(a) police officers and (b) other staff employed by each police force in England and Wales in (i) 1974, (ii) 1979 and (iii) the latest year for which figures are available.
§ Mr. Peter LloydThe information requested for 1974 and 1979 can be found at appendix 1 of the annual report of Her Majesty's chief inspector of constabulary for 1974 and at Appendix 7 of the annual report for 1979, copies of which can be found in the Library.
The comparable position at the end of 1989 is set out in the table:
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At 31 December 1989 Force Police Civilians1 Traffic Wardens Cadets Avon and Somerset 3,055 816 145 — Bedfordshire 1,038 341 32 — Cambridgeshire 1,190 453 43 — Cheshire 1,874 503 40 — Cleveland 1,468 457 31 — Cumbria 1,152 361 32 — Derbyshire 1,790 690 80 — Devon and Cornwall 2,830 914 114 — Dorset 1,258 487 66 15 Durham 1,357 532 22 — Dyfed Powys 934 234 21 — Essex 2,799 986 123 33 Gloucestershire 1,162 337 35 — Greater Manchester 6,965 2,098 195 — Gwent 1,000 250 21 9
Force Police Civilians1 Traffic Wardens Cadets Hampshire 3,118 939 85 — Hertfordshire 1,647 526 79 — Humberside 1,993 668 68 — Kent 2,978 962 119 — Lancashire 3,174 1,077 116 — Leicestershire 1,748 612 92 — Lincolnshire 1,185 427 21 — Merseyside 4,680 1,391 139 — Norfolk 1,353 386 40 20 Northamptonshire 1,119 366 37 — Northumbria 3,526 1,157 155 — North Wales 1,332 423 33 — North Yorkshire 1,379 436 22 — Nottinghamshire 2,320 612 74 — South Wales 3,118 1,082 97 — South Yorkshire 2,946 869 66 — Staffordshire 2,172 651 39 68 Suffolk 1,184 419 33 — Surrey 1,654 506 43 — Sussex 2,924 875 138 — Thames Valley 3,645 1,243 150 — Warwickshire 977 319 23 — West Mercia 1,974 822 47 — West Midlands 6,846 2,230 244 32 West Yorkshire 5,217 1,710 193 33 Wiltshire 1,119 435 40 — City of London 785 304 73 — Metropolitan 28,176 13,083 1,338 178 1 Full-time plus part-time on 2:1 basis.