§ Mr. VazTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what increase has been made to the number of police officers and civilian auxiliaries for Leicestershire over each of the past 10 years; and what has been the increase or decrease in crimes reported detected and cleared up over that period.
§ Mr. Peter LloydThe information regarding police officers and civilian auxiliaries is set out in the table:
Increase in police resources Year Police officer establishment Civilian staff 1979–80 21 20 1980–81 Nil 45 1981–82 Nil 11 1982–83 6 13 1983–84 Nil 8 1984–85 Nil -2 1985–86 Nil -5 1986–87 Nil 5 1987–88 Nil 41 1988–89 Nil 70 1989–90 27 63 1990–91 53 127 1 Based on latest available strength figures (December 1990). The information requested about crime levels for the past 10 years is published in the annual reports of the chief constable of Leicestershire for the years 1981, 1983, 1985, 1987 and 1989. Copies of these publications are available in the Library. Statistics for 1990 are not yet available.