§ Mr. SweeneyTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to his answer of 29 January,Official Report, column 862–63, if he will give the percentage of total employees in each police force in England and Wales in 1981 and 1991 that the figures for civilian staff represent.
§ Mr. Charles WardleThe information requested is set out in the table.
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Civilian strength in England and Wales as at 31 December Civilian staff Percentage of total police service employees Force 1981 1991 Avon and Somerset 19.1 22.8 Bedfordshire 22.8 26.2 Cambridgeshire 21.6 26.7 Cheshire 18.5 21.5 Cleveland 14.9 22.7 Cumbria 18.9 25.4 Derbyshire 28.3 22.2 Devon and Cornwall 23.1 26.5 Dorset 21.0 30.3 Durham 26.5 27.9 Dyfed Powys 17.6 20.9 Essex 21.6 26.8 Gloucestershire 17.0 23.8 Greater Manchester 17.9 24.5 Gwent 18.2 23.4 Hampshire 19.2 24.6
Civilian staff Percentage of total police service employees Force 1981 1991 Hertfordshire 19.5 24.7 Humberside 20.7 25.1 Kent 23.3 25.1 Lancashire 21.8 25.5 Leicestershire 19.9 27.2 Lincolnshire 22.0 27.6 Merseyside 18.2 25.4 Norfolk 17.5 23.8 Northamptonshire 20.5 26.6 Northumbria 20.0 25.6 North Wales 20.0 24.8 North Yorkshire 19.8 24.1 Nottinghamshire 20.5 23.2 South Wales 21.6 25.6 South Yorkshire 18.1 23.0 Staffordshire 22.9 25.5 Suffolk 23.2 29.4 Surrey 18.4 25.2 Sussex 20.2 23.4 Thames Valley 24.0 27.5 Warwickshire 16.8 24.3 West Mercia 21.9 29.4 West Midlands 18.2 24.8 West Yorkshire 20.1 26.3 Wiltshire 19.8 28.1 City of London 25.0 26.7 Metropolitan 35.6 33.4 Total 24.1 27.3