§ Mr. HendryTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list the increase in police establishment numbers and the increase in actual numbers of police officers for each county since 1979.
§ Mr. Charles WardleThe information requested is given in the table, which includes combined county forces and joint metropolitan areas, as well as single shire county forces. The establishment figures include the increases approved with effect from 1 April 1992. The strength figures as between May 1979 and 31 March 1992 are:
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Increase in establishment 1979 to 1992 Increase in strength 1979 to 1992 Avon and Somerset 234 252 Bedfordshire 231 193 Cambridgeshire 149 179 Cheshire 115 87 Cleveland 91 130 Cumbria 99 115 Derbyshire 141 119 Devon and Cornwall 255 231 Dorset 138 149 Durham 40 77 Dyfed-Powys 35 34 Essex 425 408 Gloucestershire 68 93
Increase in establishment 1979 to 1992 Increase in strength 1979 to 1992 Greater Manchester 342 621 Gwent 35 38 Hampshire 315 256 Hertfordshire 151 240 Humberside 95 165 Kent 316 344 Lancashire 111 105 Leicestershire 147 144 Lincolnshire 24 21 Merseyside 255 180 Norfolk 181 185 Northamptonshire 240 249 Northumbria 288 179 North Wales 90 78 North Yorkshire 90 61 Nottinghamshire 199 211 South Wales 99 223 South Yorkshire 279 448 Staffordshire 149 196 Suffolk 145 141 Surrey 74 264 Sussex 212 225 Thames Valley 815 1,119 Warwickshire 144 147 West Mercia 219 282 West Midlands 468 910 West Yorkshire 191 348 Wiltshire 159 220 City of London 1 -224 -24 Metropolitan Police 1,733 5,974 1 The authorised establishment was reduced at request of the City of London Police in 1983.