§ Mr. TippingTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many(a) police officers and (b) civilian staff have been employed by each police authority in England and Wales for each year since 1979.
§ Mr. Charles WardleThe table shows police and civilian strength from 1992. The information for 1979 to 1991 can be found in the appendix to the annual reports of Her Majesty's chief inspector of constabulary, copies of which are in the Library.
Police and Civilian Strength—1992 As at 31 October Force Police Civilians Avon and Somerset 3,068 1,097 Bedfordshire 1,129 387 Cambridgeshire 1,262 448 Cheshire 1,888 543 City of London 801 310 Cleveland 1,490 461 Cumbria 1,192 413 Derbyshire 1,803 581 Devon and Cornwall 2,918 1,045 Dorset 1,317 561 Durham 1,390 542 Dyfed-Powys 966 268 Essex 2,923 1,067 Gloucestershire 1,154 378 Greater Manchester 7,084 2,508 Gwent 1,008 318 Hampshire 3,269 1,078 Hertfordshire 1,690 583 Humberside 2,027 692 Kent 3,099 1,103 Lancashire 3,203 1,075 Leicestershire 1,846 671 Lincolnshire 1,188 486 Merseyside 4,687 1,621 Norfolk 1,419 454 North Wales 1,369 459 North Yorkshire 1,411 461 Northamptonshire 1,197 431 Northumbria 3,578 1,229 Nottinghamshire 2,343 738 South Wales 3,182 1,076 South Yorkshire 3,013 924 Staffordshire 2,196 740 Suffolk 1,240 520 Surrey 1,684 604 Sussex 3,007 971 Thames Valley 3,843 1,457 Warwickshire 1,007 334 West Mercia 2,061 917 West Midlands 6,935 2,444 West Yorkshire 5,095 1,861 Wiltshire 1,257 490 Metropolitan 27,804 14,459