§ Mr. John MorrisTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many applications there have been in each police force in England and Wales for increased police manpower; and what are the numbers involved and the numbers agreed to, for the current year and each of the two previous years.
§ Mr. Peter LloydDetails of applications received and posts approved are set out in the table for the years 1990–91, 1991–92 and 1992–93. These figures include posts whose costs are fully reimbursed by a third party, for example at major airports.
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1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 Force Posts applied for Post approved Posts applied for Post approved Posts applied for Post approved Avon and Somerset 50 10 9 4 7 2 Bedfordshire 38 38 71 32 76 61 Cambridgeshire 10 7 30 22 10 10 Cheshire 20 20 20 11 20 20 Cleveland 19 13 Nil Nil Nil Nil Cumbria 50 19 35 8 24 4 Derbyshire 34 19 15 13 56 25 Devon and Cornwall 48 17 31 15 70 48 Dorset 27 14 14 15 26 15 Durham Nil Nil 20 11 20 Nil Dyfed Powys 8 8 Nil Nil 50 25 Essex 79 69 32 17 58 58 Gloucestershire Nil Nil 36 19 48 1 Greater Manchester 248 31 123 36 140 20 Gwent 11 2 9 Nil 10 1 Hampshire 77 25 69 27 69 67 Hertfordshire 35 18 42 11 34 4 Humberside 20 15 40 18 22 9 Kent 50 50 63 34 82 82 Lancashire 81 28 54 22 32 4 Leicestershire 75 53 25 13 27 26 Lincolnshire 20 14 21 8 Nil Nil Merseyside Nil Nil 49 5 88 Nil Norfolk 66 46 22 12 25 25 Northamptonshire 29 20 33 25 23 23 Northumbria 243 38 82 26 92 27 North Wales 10 21 Nil Nil 30 17 North Yorkshire 35 25 15 6 25 4 Nottinghamshire 63 26 Nil Nil Nil Nil South Wales 67 31 Nil Nil 44 Nil South Yorkshire 50 20 50 18 16 15 Staffordshire 20 14 20 8 20 4 Suffolk 26 18 30 11 30 17 Surrey 50 10 41 11 30 3 Sussex 54 23 49 18 35 32 Thames Valley 158 65 156 40 132 87 Warwickshire 35 15 23 8 15 4 West Mercia 32 32 Nil Nil 30 29 West Midlands 350 63 148 63 121 19 West Yorkshire 47 20 73 14 79 Nil Wiltshire 19 13 44 15 77 67 City of London Nil Nil Nil Nil Nil Nil Metropolitan 350 150 Nil 100 22 22 Total 2,704 1,120 1,594 716 1,815 877