HC Deb 11 June 1990 vol 174 cc12-3W
Mr. Nicholas Bennett

To 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 Lloyd

The 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:

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.