§ Mr. PawseyTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will set out by reference to police forces the number of special constables in post in 1985 and in 1989.
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§ Mr. Peter LloydThe number of special constables in post as at 31 December in each police force in England and Wales was as follows:
1985 1989 Avon and Somerset 480 503 Bedfordshire 215 137 Cambridgeshire 216 169 Cheshire 252 219 Cleveland 131 139 Cumbria 182 210 Derbyshire 275 251 Devon and Cornwall 791 852 Dorset 297 218 Durham 172 149 Dyfed Powys 143 189 Essex 367 445 Gloucestershire 185 209 Greater Manchester 392 473 Gwent 112 95 Hampshire 480 362 Hertfordshire 249 203 Humberside 277 249 Kent 510 500 Lancashire 408 432 Leicestershire 220 327 Lincolnshire 345 365 Merseyside 373 296 Norfolk 178 269 Northamptonshire 203 240 Northumbria 606 538 North Wales 215 175 North Yorkshire 311 334 Nottinghamshire 516 485 South Wales 289 253 South Yorkshire 261 316 Staffordshire 513 566 Suffolk 323 329 Surrey 252 174 Sussex 653 530 Thames Valley 715 568 Warwickshire 344 347 West Mercia 633 542 West Midlands 724 673 West Yorkshire 486 568 Wiltshire 232 268 City of London 75 60 Metropolitan 1,560 1,362 Total 16,161 15,589
§ Mr. PawseyTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he has any plans to review the training programmes for special constables.
§ Mr. Peter LloydThe training of special constables is to be reviewed by the central planning and training unit, commencing this spring.
§ Mr. PawseyTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what is the total annual cost of special constables.
§ Mr. Peter LloydThe total annual cost of special constables as recorded by police authorities for 1988–89 was £2,456,561.