§ Mr. HainTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many applications there were in each police force in England and Wales for increased police manpower for 1992–93; what are the numbers involved and the numbers agreed to for the current year; and if he will list alongside the percentage change in crime for each force since 1979.
§ Mr. Charles WardleThe information requested is set out in the table.
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Additional posts applied for Posts approved Per cent. change in crime 1979–92 Avon and Somerset 7 2 +200 Bedfordshire 76 61 +103 Cambridgeshire 10 10 +136 Cheshire 20 20 +118 Cleveland Nil Nil +124 Cumbria 24 4 +131 Derbyshire 56 25 +96 Devon and Cornwall 70 48 +149 Dorset 26 15 +122 Durham 20 Nil +138 Dyfed Powys 50 25 +121 Essex 58 58 +101 Gloucestershire 48 1 +237 Greater Manchester 140 20 +124 Gwent 10 1 +89 Hampshire 69 67 +115 Hertfordshire 34 4 +43 Humberside 22 9 +147 Kent 82 82 +150 Lancashire 32 4 +114 Leicestershire 27 26 +196 Lincolnshire Nil Nil +156 Merseyside 88 Nil +37 Norfolk 25 25 +183 Northamptonshire 23 23 +155 Northumbria 92 27 +127 North Wales 30 17 +88 North Yorkshire 25 4 +135 Nottinghamshire Nil Nil +107 South Wales 44 Nil +126 South Yorkshire 16 15 +123 Staffordshire 20 4 +127 Suffolk 30 17 +98 Surrey 30 3 +86 Sussex 35 32 +131 Thames Valley 132 87 +147 Warwickshire 15 4 +189 West Mercia 30 29 +111 West Midlands 121 11 +93 West Yorkshire 79 Nil +130 Wiltshire 77 67 +91 City of London Nil Nil +11 The rate of increase in crime is only one aspect of a complex of information against which decisions on establishment increases are made. These include actual crime levels; other demands on the police; population levels; and existing manpower levels.