§ Mr. CartwrightTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what advice is given to police forces about how they should involve the owners and/or
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Table 2 Strength by police division (at 31 December) 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 A Division Police 479 452 488 490 509 497 504 491 490 Civilian — — — 116 138 136 133 135 138 B Division Police 378 361 369 375 385 386 386 397 392 Civilian — — — 90 98 97 97 101 107 C Division Police 378 364 380 380 378 386 388 383 392 Civilian — — — 87 108 112 112 107 110 D Division Police 453 448 454 453 443 438 456 446 455 Civilian — — — 78 89 83 82 82 83 E Division Police 281 283 284 286 285 299 300 294 298 Civilian — — — 56 57 57 56 54 54 managers of (a) private property and (b) public property when searching for explosive material during a bomb scare.
Mr. Lloyd[holding answer 24 January 1991]: Advice is given to police forces by the crime prevention centre at Stafford. However, the nature of the advice given by police forces will depend on local circumstances and needs. Crime prevention officers are attached to all forces and they will be glad to give advice to anyone who seeks it on the searching of buildings for explosive material during bomb scares.