§ Mr. ButlerTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will construct a table showing, for each police authority, what the total accumulated bid was for increases in establishment between 1979 and the latest available date; what total increases in establishment have been awarded in each case; and what percentage the total increases represent as a proportion of the total accumulated bids.
§ Mr. Peter LloydThe table for police authorities in England and Wales shows what has been approved since 1979.
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Accumulated bids Increases Percentage increases Avon and Somerset 465 231 49.7 Bedfordshire 303 169 55.8 Cambridgeshire 232 135 58.2 Cheshire 235 94 40.0 Cleveland 89 91 102.2 Cumbria 654 95 14.5 Derbyshire 387 111 28.7 Devon and Cornwall 386 205 53.1 Dorset 299 122 40.8 Durham 54 37 68.5 Dyfed Powys 9 9 100.0 Essex 891 365 41.0 Gloucestershire 105 67 63.8 Greater Manchester 1,684 306 18.2 Gwent 115 34 29.6 Hampshire 441 246 55.8 Hertfordshire 296 147 49.7 Humberside 232 86 37.1 Kent 454 226 49.8 Lancashire 341 105 30.8 Leicestershire 327 120 36.7
Accumulated bids Increases Percentage increases Lincolnshire 43 23 53.5 Merseyside 464 255 55.0 Norfolk 300 155 51.7 Northamptonshire 315 210 66.7 Northumbria 835 253 30.3 North Wales 161 72 44.7 North Yorkshire 210 86 41.0 Nottinghamshire 401 199 49.6 South Wales 316 99 31.3 South Yorkshire 773 264 34.2 Staffordshire 389 144 37.0 Suffolk 171 127 74.3 Surrey 469 71 15.1 Sussex 361 179 49.6 Thames Valley 1,840 728 39.6 Warwickshire 421 139 33.0 West Mercia 382 189 49.5 West Midlands 1,452 432 29.8 West Yorkshire 969 189 19.5 Wiltshire 213 91 42.7 City of London1 12 (-224) — Metropolitan2 — 2,126 — 1 The establishment of the City of London Police was reduced in 1983–84 and therefore a percentage of posts approved from posts applied for cannot be shown. 2 The Home Secretary is himself police authority for the Metropolitan Police. The table shows therefore only the extra posts awarded.