HC Deb 28 October 1992 vol 212 c645W
Mr. Michael

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how judges and magistrates will be advised to treat aggravating or mitigating factors when determining the seriousness of any offence.

Mr. Jack

I refer the hon. Member to the reply which I gave to his similar question on 27 October, at column578.

Table showing the strength of polices forces in England and Wales3
Force 31 March 1979 31 March 1990 Percentage change 31 March 1991 Percentage change 31 March 1992 Percentage change
Avon and Somerset 2,825 3,094 9.52 3,092 -0.06 3,081 -0.36
Bedfordshire 902 1,050 16.41 1,105 5.24 1,093 -1.09
Cambridgeshire 1,064 1,193 12.12 1,201 0.67 1,250 4.08
Cheshire 1,778 1,870 5.17 1,895 1.34 1,874 -1.11
Cleveland 1,334 1,467 9.97 1,489 1.50 1,477 -0.81
Cumbria 1,056 1,166 10.42 1,184 1.54 1,179 -0.42
Derbyshire 1,563 1,795 14.84 1,741 -3.01 1,706 -2.01
Devon and Cornwall 2,660 2,852 7.22 2,873 0.74 2,898 0.87
Dorset 1,128 1,269 12.50 1,281 0.95 1,289 0.62
Durham 1,312 1,375 4.80 1,368 -0.51 1,389 1.54
Dyfed-Powys 910 935 2.75 935 0.00 947 1.28
Essex 2,461 2,822 14.67 2,889 2.37 2,898 0.31
Gloucestershire 1,076 1,170 8.74 1,162 -0.68 1,174 1.03
Greater Manchester 6,419 6,992 8.93 7,014 0.31 7,061 0.67
Gwent 965 1,008 4.46 999 -0.89 1,009 1.00
Hampshire 2,949 3,154 6.95 3,179 0.79 3,211 1.01
Hertfordshire 1,462 1,657 13.34 1,666 0.54 1,695 1.74
Humberside 1,849 1,995 7.90 1,998 0.15 2,026 1.40
Kent 2,724 2,984 9.54 3,005 0.70 3,074 2.30
Lancashire 3,097 3,201 3.36 3,212 0.34 3,198 -0.44
Leicestershire 1,701 1,769 4.00 1,818 2.77 1,845 1.49
Lincolnshire 1,171 1,188 1.45 1,209 1.77 1,196 -1.08
Merseyside 4,427 4,714 6.48 4,689 -0.53 4,621 -1.45
Norfolk 1,223 1,363 11.45 1,405 3.08 1,414 0.64
Northamptonshire 905 1,126 24.42 1,139 1.15 1,158 1.67
Northumbria 3,272 3,529 7.85 3,541 0.34 3,464 -2.17
North Wales 1,268 1,337 5.44 1,349 0.90 1,347 -0.15
North Yorkshire 1,342 1,379 2.76 1,387 0.58 1,398 0.79
Nottinghamshire 2,117 2,316 9.40 2,336 0.86 2,331 -0.21
South Wales 2,936 3,135 6.78 3,137 0.06 3,168 0.99
South Yorkshire 2,546 2,923 14.81 2,991 2.33 3,008 0.57
Staffordshire 1,978 2,187 10.57 2,217 1.37 2,176 -1.85
Suffolk 1,064 1,194 12.22 1,209 1.26 1,218 0.74
Surrey 1,440 1,645 14.24 1,657 0.73 1,706 2.96
Sussex 2,758 2,949 6.93 2,969 0.68 2,984 0.51
Thames Valley 2,639 3,659 38.65 3,714 1.50 3,772 1.56
Warwickshire 841 975 15.93 1,020 4.62 990 -2.94
West Mercia 1,743 1,991 14.23 2,026 1.76 2,034 0.39
West Midlands 5,981 6,855 14.61 6,876 0.31 6,941 0.95
West Yorkshire 4,727 5,260 11.28 5,268 0.15 5,087 -3.44
Wiltshire 997 1,130 13.34 1,165 3.10 1,221 4.81
Metropolitan 22,214 28,362 27.68 28,312 -0.18 28,381 0.24
City 829 799 -3.62 813 1.75 808 -0.62
Total 109,653 124,834 13.84 125,535 0.56 125,797 0.21
1Figures for 1 April are not available; 31 March figures have therefore been provided.