HC Deb 12 December 1991 vol 200 c506W
Mr. Michael

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) if he will list for each police force in England and Wales the figures for(a) total population, (b) rural population and (c) urban population used by the recent review of police manpower needs;

(2) if he will give the specific figure of the deprivation index which was calculated (a) for the South Wales police area, (b) for other police authority areas in Wales and (c) for police authority areas in England as part of his Department's recent review of police manpower;

(3) if he will list the specific facts on degree of overcrowding which were taken into account (a) in the South Wales police area as a whole and (b) in each district within the South Wales police area in the course of the recent review of police manpower needs;

(4) if he will list the specific cities, towns, districts and localities in the South Wales police area which have been regarded as urban in calculating the number of officers needed by the South Wales constabulary as part of his Department's recent review of police manpower;

(5) if he will list the specific towns, districts, villages and localities in the South Wales police area which have been regarded as rural in calculating the number of officers needed by the South Wales constabulary as part of his Department's recent review of police manpower.

Mr. Peter Lloyd

I will write to the hon. Member.

Mr. Michael

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether the results of the 1986 inter-censual survey(a) in South Glamorgan and (b) other areas were used to supplement the results of the 1981 census in determining the factors considered in calculating the number of officers needed by the South Wales constabulary as part of his Department's recent review of police manpower.

Mr. Peter Lloyd

I understand from the Office of Population Censuses and Surveys that there were no national inter-censual surveys in 1986.

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