HC Deb 25 October 1990 vol 178 cc253-5W
Ms. Richardson

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many(a) women and (b) men are employed by the individual police forces in Britain; and at what grade they are employed.

Mr. Peter Lloyd

My right hon. and learned Friend is responsible for policing in England and Wales where the number of male and female police officers as at 31 August 1990 is as follows:

Force Chief Con. 1 Deputy Chief Con. 2 Assistant Chief Con. 3 Chief Supt. Supt. i Chief Inspector Inspector Sergeant Con. Total Female Ranks
Gloucestershire 3 100 103
Greater Manchester 1 4 12 47 816 880
Gwent 3 4 88 95
Hampshire 5 11 298 314
Hertfordshire 1 1 11 211 224
Humberside 2 2 6 146 156
Kent 1 2 2 21 338 364
Lancashire 1 2 5 15 302 325
Leicestershire 2 5 14 178 199
Lincolnshire 1 1 4 4 99 1,190
Merseyside 1 3 2 6 35 523 570
Norfolk 2 7 101 110
Northamptonshire 1 1 3 106 111
Northumbria 1 1 5 15 312 334
North Wales 2 8 129 139
North Yorkshire 1 9 120 130
Nottinghamshire 2 8 192 202
South Wales 1 3 15 249 268
South Yorkshire 1 5 13 292 311
Staffordshire 1 2 12 261 276
Suffolk 1 1 1 5 115 123
Surrey 2 13 195 210
Sussex 2 1 18 274 295
Thames Valley 1 3 4 16 455 479
Warwickshire 1 3 3 98 105
West Mercia 3 10 235 248
West Midlands 1 2 1 14 56 903 977
West Yorkshire 1 2 8 26 570 607
Wiltshire 2 7 102 111
City of London 3 9 78 90
Metropolitan 1 3 6 10 30 262 3,183 3,495
1 Includes ranks of assistant commissioner and above in Metropolitan police, and commissioner in the City of London police.
2 Includes deputy assistant commissioner in Metropolitan police and assistant commissioner in the City of London police.
3 Includes commanders in Metropolitan police and City of London police.