§ Sir John WheelerTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will set out for each of the 43 police forces of England and Wales the number of scenes of crime officers employed and the percentage of crimes cleared up for the most recent 12-month period.
§ Mr. John PattenThe information requested is set out in the table. The figures for the number of scenes of crime officers employed show the position at 31 December 1989, and the percentage of crimes cleared up refers to the whole of 1989. These are the most recent figures available.
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Scenes of crime officers Percentage of crimes cleared up Police Civilians Avon and Somerset 18 24 33 Bedfordshire 5 8 34 Cambridgshire 7 3 38 Cheshire 11 9 52 Cleveland 17 9 36 Cumbria 5 20 49 Derbyshire 2 26 37 Devon and Cornwall 13 20 36 Dorset 15 4 42 Durham 15 8 42 Essex 44 2 32 Gloucestershire 14 0 36 Greater Manchester 53 1 30 Hampshire 36 2 32 Hertfordshire 19 4 44 Humberside 22 23 35 Kent 15 20 32
Scenes of crime officers Percentage of crimes cleared up Police Civilians Lancashire 34 12 40 Leicestershire 4 15 40 Lincolnshire 3 15 42 London, City of 7 5 20 Merseyside 23 0 45 Metropolitan Police 0 181 17 Norfolk 14 9 40 Northamptonshire 2 13 43 Northumbria 32 27 40 North Yorkshire 14 4 35 Nottinghamshire 4 22 35 South Yorkshire 20 11 43 Staffordshire 24 4 43 Suffolk 12 0 43 Surrey 6 14 33 Sussex 22 24 31 Thames Valley 20 15 33 Warwickshire 6 6 35 West Mercia 13 32 39 West Midlands 33 29 39 West Yorkshire 46 15 38 Wiltshire 18 0 46 Dyfed Powys 7 4 52 Gwent 11 0 54 North Wales 0 12 44 South Wales 40 4 39 Total 726 656 Grand total 1,382