HC Deb 11 November 1991 vol 198 c344W
Mr. Pendry

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will publish a table showing, for each year since 1986,(a) the total number of police officers on duty at Football League matches in England and Wales, (b) the total attendance at Football League matches in England and Wales, (c) the total number of police officers as a percentage of the total attendance at Football League matches in England and Wales and (d) the total number of police officers in England and Wales.

Mr. Peter Lloyd

Information on the number of police officers on duty at Football League matches is not held centrally. On 31 July 1991 I wrote to the hon. Member with details of the attendance at Football League matches in England and Wales; those details were placed in the Library. The number of police officers in England and Wales is contained in the following table:

Police strength at 31 December
1990 127,090
1989 126,110
1988 124,759
1987 124,102
1986 121,550