§ Mr. OppenheimTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list(a) the number of police officers and (b) the number of civilian staff employed by Derbyshire constabulary for each year from 1979.
§ Mr. Peter LloydThe information is set out in the table.
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Strength At 31 December Police officers Civilian staff1 1979 1,587 634 1980 1,832 694 1981 1,779 701 1982 1,754 705 1983 1,768 703 1984 1,761 680 1985 1,765 685 1986 1,761 731 1987 1,796 716
Strength At 31 December Police officers Civilian staff1 1988 1,786 710 1989 1,790 690 1990 1,751 549 (July) 1991 1,722 505 1Centralisation of the country's common services has reduced the numbers of civilians employed exclusively on police support.