HC Deb 02 February 1993 vol 218 cc127-8W
Mr. Sweeney

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what action he is taking to introduce a common methodology for the reporting of manpower requirements, crime statistics and clear up rates by police force in England and Wales.

Mr. Charles Wardle

Each of these matters is dealt with by a methodology which is common to all police forces.

Mr. Allan W. Williams

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what has been the percentage change in levels of recorded crime since 1979; and what has been the percentage change in the total establishment of the police since 1979.

Mr. Jack

The number of notifiable offences recorded by the police in England and Wales rose by 108 per cent. between 1979 and 1991. Over the same perion, the

1981
Police force (a) (b) (c) (d) (e)
Resident population1 ?000s Authorised establishment2 Total police expenditure3 (£) Population per police officer1 Expenditure per resident
1981 prices (£) current prices4 (£)
Avon and Somerset 1,344 3,020 48,099,044 445 35.79 63.88
Bedfordshire 503 975 16,909,020 516 33.62 60.01
Cambridgeshire 584 1,140 18,088,165 512 30.97 55.29
Cheshire 929 1,845 29,723,727 504 32.00 57.11
Cleveland 567 1,474 23,187,854 385 40.90 73.00
Cumbria 468 1,128 17,013,559 415 36.35 64.89
Derbyshire 900 1,767 29,428,613 509 32.70 58.37
Devon and Cornwall 1,378 2,734 46,538,966 504 33.77 60.28
Dorset 595 1,176 19,323,275 506 32.48 57.97
Durham 603 1,355 20,869,896 445 34.61 61.78
Essex 1,389 2,633 41,825,130 528 30.11 53.75
Gloucestershire 500 1,131 16,266,919 442 32.53 58.07
Greater Manchester 2,635 6,941 111,677,941 380 42.38 75.65
Hampshire 1,584 3,084 48,798,089 514 30.81 54.99
Hertfordshire 812 1,568 25,497,169 518 31.40 56.05
Humberside 850 1,972 32,384,102 431 38.10 68.01
Kent 1,463 2,871 48,829,581 510 33.38 59.58
Lancashire 1,366 3,158 50,924,265 433 37.28 66.55
Leicestershire 839 1,727 27,538,409 486 32.82 58.59
Lincolnshire 538 1,182 19,972,458 455 37.12 66.27
Merseyside 1,518 4,607 78,120,172 330 51.46 91.86
Norfolk 693 1,265 19,903,862 548 28.72 51.27
Northamptonshire 526 1,006 15,990,957 523 30.40 54.27
Northumbria 1,443 3,355 53,591,955 430 37.14 66.29
North Yorkshire 663 1,368 22,684,511 485 34.21 61.07
Nottinghamshire 974 2,259 35,952,785 431 36.91 65.89
South Yorkshire 1,302 2,872 44,972,800 453 34.54 61.66
Staffordshire 1,004 2,099 32,304,078 478 32.18 57.43
Suffolk 603 1,124 19,478,036 536 32.30 57.66
Surrey 726 1,602 25,581,395 453 35.24 62.90
Sussex 1,306 2,823 43,746,202 463 33.50 59.79
Thames Valley 1,779 3,107 50,747,135 573 28.53 50.92

authorised police establishment rose by 7 per cent. whereas the actual police strength, including civilians, rose by 17 per cent. to a total of 172,014.