HC Deb 20 February 1992 vol 204 c264W
18. Mr. Janner

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will approve an increase in the number of police in the Leicestershire force.

Mr. Peter Lloyd

My right hon. Friend has approved 13 additional posts for Leicestershire from 1 October 1991 and a further 26 police posts with effect from 1 April 1992, subject to confirmation by the police authority that it will meet its share of the cost. These approvals will provide for a police establishment of 1,853; an increase of 148 or 8.7 per cent. since 1979.