HC Deb 02 February 1993 vol 218 cc128-31W
Mr. Sweeney

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list for each police force area in England and Wales in 1971, 1981 and 1991(a) the resident population, (b) the police officer establishment, (c) total police expenditure, (d) the police officer-population ratio and (e) expenditure per resident expressed both in current and at 1971 prices.

Mr. Charles Wardle

The requested information for 1981 and 1991 is set out in the following tables.

The local government rearrangements of 1974 mean that it is not practicable to provide comparable information for 1971. Expenditure per resident is, between 1979 and 1991. Over the same period, the therefore, expressed in current and 1981 prices.

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 (£)
Warwickshire 470 920 14,956,560 511 31.82 56.80
West Mercia 993 1,921 31,057,520 517 31.28 55.83
West Midlands 2,686 6,684 102,556,453 402 38.18 68.16
West Yorkshire 2,066 5,154 77,772,868 401 37.64 67.20
Wiltshire 522 1,035 16,342,216 504 31.31 55.88
Dyfed-Powys 433 934 13,709,012 464 31.66 56.51
Gwent 435 975 15,013,752 446 34.51 61.61
North Wales 613 1,313 20,060,165 467 32.72 58.41
South Wales 1,295 3,105 49,634,021 417 38.33 68.41
City of London 5 1,022 17,738,644 5 3,547.73 6,332.74
Metropolitan 7,323 26,577 552,223,788 276 75.41 134.61
Total 49,222 120,008 2,047,035,069 410
1 Details obtained from HMCIC annual report 1981.
2 Authorised establishment at 31 December 1981.
3 Expenditure in financial year 1981–82.
4 Current is taken to mean 1991.92 prices.

1991
Police force (a) (b) (c) (d) (e)
Resident population1 (thousands) Authorised establishment2 Total police expenditure3 (£) Population per police officer1 Expenditure per resident
1981 prices (£) Current prices4 (£)
Avon and Somerset 1,416 3,085 111,509,219 459 44.12 78.75
Bedfordshire 535 1,117 39,147,522 479 40.99 73.17
Cambridgeshire 664 1,231 47,115,875 539 39.75 70.96
Cheshire 959 1,900 66,959,764 505 39.12 69.82
Cleveland 552 1,502 54,802,204 368 55.62 99.28
Cumbria 492 1,183 45,080,152 416 51.33 91.63
Derbyshire 933 1,825 66,048,347 511 39.66 70.79
Devon and Cornwall 1,497 2,880 117,436,426 520 43.95 78.45
Dorset 658 1,287 52,005,892 511 44.28 79.04
Durham 599 1,389 48,588,804 431 45.44 81.12
Essex 1,465 2,892 115,540,004 507 44.18 78.87
Gloucestershire 531 1,183 44,611,445 449 47.07 84.01
Greater Manchester 2,590 7,057 248,807,274 367 53.82 96.06
Hampshire 1,676 3,202 124,970,146 523 41.77 74.56
Hertfordshire 842 1,680 62,868,458 501 41.83 74.67
Humberside 859 2,025 77,395,755 424 50.48 90.10
Kent 1,525 3,054 128,733,936 499 47.29 84.42
Lancashire 1,395 3,225 122,019,273 433 49.00 87.47
Leicestershire 897 1,827 67,195,772 491 41.97 74.91
Lincolnshire 591 1,206 47,235,365 490 44.78 79.92
Merseyside 1,443 4,706 178,883,939 307 69.45 123.97
Norfolk 750 1,421 54,100,423 528 40.41 72.13
Northamptonshire 580 1,167 45,498,974 497 43.95 78.45
Northumbria 1,432 3,586 132,826,369 399 51.96 92.76
North Yorkshire 726 1,414 51,679,282 513 39.88 71.18
Nottinghamshire 1,017 2,344 82,628,633 434 45.52 81.25
South Yorkshire 1,296 3,016 103,166,171 430 44.60 79.60
Staffordshire 1,041 2,211 82,162,596 471 44.22 78.93
Suffolk 643 1,216 48,068,954 529 41.88 74.76
Surrey 747 1,670 63,420,572 447 47.56 84.90
Sussex 1,417 2,982 106,177,607 475 41.98 74.93
Thames Valley 1,983 3,725 149,413,760 532 42.21 75.35
Warwickshire 483 1,016 39,841,685 475 46.21 82.49
West Mercia 1,081 2,024 77,230,104 534 40.02 71.44
West Midlands 2,615 6,958 250,815,603 376 53.73 95.91
West Yorkshire 2,070 5,295 197,225,852 391 53.38 95.28
Wiltshire 561 1,114 46,214,702 504 46.15 82.38
Dyfed-Powys 471 944 35,149,805 499 41.81 74.63
Gwent 447 1,009 36,682,297 443 45.97 82.06
North Wales 653 1,352 50,700,394 483 43.50 77.64
South Wales 1,309 3,168 118,537,290 413 50.73 90.56
City of London 5 798 40,820,059 5 5,717.05 10,205.01
Metropolitan 7,260 28,439 1,339,605,000 255 103.37 184.52
Total 50,718 126,325 5,018,921,704 401

1 Details obtained from HMCIC annual report 1991.

2 Authorised establishment at 31 December 1991.

3 Expenditure in financial year 1991–92.

4 Current is taken to mean 1991–92 prices.