§ Mr. SweeneyTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many civilian staff there were in each police force in England and Wales in 1981 and 1991; and what percentage of total employees these figures represented in each year.
§ 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 Force 1981 1991 Avon and Somerset 711 909 Bedfordshire 291 387 Cambridgeshire 309 451 Cheshire 419 510 Cleveland 258 434 Cumbria 259 403 Derbyshire 701 487 Devon and Cornwall 808 1,038 Dorset 309 557 Durham 480 532 Dyfed Powys 197 250 Essex 721 1,055 Gloucestershire 231 367 Greater Manchester 1,507 2,259 Gwent 214 304 Hampshire 725 1,039 Hertfordshire 379 551 Humberside 511 676 Kent 871 1,018 Lancashire 881 1,095 Leicestershire 430 676 Lincolnshire 334 457 Merseyside 1,036 1,569 Norfolk 267 442 Northamptonshire 258 420 Northumbria 835 1,193 North Wales 323 444 North Yorkshire 335 439 Nottinghamshire 581 706 South Wales 847 1,079 South Yorkshire 637 892 Staffordshire 623 749 Suffolk 337 500 Surrey 359 565 Sussex 717 932 Thames Valley 975 1,410 Warwickshire 187 323 West Mercia 541 843
Force 1981 1991 West Midlands 1,489 2,270 West Yorkshire 1,294 1,833 Wiltshire 257 473 City of London 288 295 Metropolitan 13,824 14,131 Total 37,556 46,963 Civilian staff represented 24 per cent. and 26 per cent. respectively of total strength of the police service in those years.
§ Mr. SweeneyTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list for each police force in England and Wales in 1981 and 1991 the number and percentage of entrants who were over the age of(a) 30 years and (b) 40 years.
§ Mr. Charles WardleThe information requested is not held centrally and could be collected only at disproportionate cost.