§ Sir John WheelerTo ask the Secretrary of State for the Home Department if he will list the police forces in England and Wales which include more than one county administration; and if he will set out the numbers on the combined police authority, in each case, from each constituent local authority and petty sessions.
§ Mr. Charles WardleThe following police forces in England and Wales include more than one county administration:
Avon and Somerset, Devon and Cornwall, Hampshire, Sussex, Thames Valley, West Mercia, Dyfed Powys, North Wales and South Wales.
The numbers on the combined police authorities are as follows:
County Local Authority Members Magistrates Avon and Somerset Avon 18 9 Somerset 8 4 Devon and Cornwall Devon 20 10 Cornwall 9 5 Isles of Scilly 1 0 Hampshire Hampshire 20 10 Isle of Wight 4 2 Sussex East Sussex 10 5 West Sussex 10 5 Thames Valley Berkshire 10 5 Buckinghamshire 8 4 Oxfordshire 8 4 West Mercia Hereford and Worcester 14 7 Shropshire 8 4 Dyfed Powys Dyfed 12 5 Powys 5 3 North Wales Clwyd 12 8 Gwynedd 8 4 South Wales Mid Glamorgan 10 5 South Glamorgan 8 4 West Glamorgan 8 4