§ Mr. RedmondTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) if he will provide by police authority for England details of the ratio of the standard spending assessment and the population served for the years 1991–92, 1992–93 and 1993–24; and if he will make a statement;
(2) if he will list the ratio of the approved establishment to the population served in each police authority area in England in 1991–92 and 1992–93, and proposed for 1993–94; and if he will make a statement.
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§ Mr. Charles WardleThe information is shown in the table.
Force Police: population ratio (officers per person) SSA: Population ratio (£ per person) 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 Avon and Somerset 464 464 464 38.73 44.71 46.45 Bedfordshire 478 454 454 37.88 47.03 49.59 Cambridgeshire 544 540 540 32.38 39.58 41.12 Cheshire 509 503 503 35.16 41.18 42.79 City of London 5 5 5 5,033.90 5,655.37 6,480.49 Cleveland 371 371 371 48.50 55.85 58.03 Cumbria 414 413 413 43.19 50.25 52.21 Derbyshire 515 508 508 34.34 40.81 42.40 Devon and Cornwall 525 516 516 34.08 40.14 41.61 Dorset 515 509 509 34.51 40.72 42.30 Durham 435 435 435 40.96 47.65 49.51 Essex 511 501 501 37.13 43.77 45.87 Gloucestershire 455 455 455 38.89 45.56 47.33 Greater Manchester 363 362 362 49.32 56.36 58.51 Hampshire 533 522 522 35.13 41.96 44.25 Hertfordshire 501 500 500 39.14 46.06 47.82 Humberside 432 430 430 41.32 48.23 50.10 Kent 504 491 491 37.32 44.44 47.06 Lancashire 437 436 436 41.09 47.53 49.38 Leicestershire 488 481 481 36.64 43.13 44.80 Lincolnshire 491 491 491 36.36 42.19 43.83 Merseyside 306 306 306 58.72 67.70 70.33 Norfolk 534 525 525 33.38 39.48 41.01 Northamptonshire 503 493 493 34.98 42.02 43.66 Northumbria 400 397 397 44.63 52.12 54.15 North Yorkshire 510 508 508 35.16 40.78 42.37 Nottinghamshire 433 433 433 41.55 47.85 49.71 South Yorkshire 429 426 426 41.75 48.61 50.50 Staffordshire 474 473 473 37.84 43.84 45.55 Suffolk 544 537 537 32.74 38.62 40.12 Surrey 460 459 459 43.29 51.08 52.72 Sussex 480 474 474 39.22 42.48 44.75 Thames Valley 529 517 517 35.94 43.19 45.92 Warwickshire 482 480 480 37.66 43.93 45.81 West Mercia 543 535 535 33.15 38.74 40.25 West Midlands 376 375 375 47.38 54.64 56.76 West Yorkshire 390 390 390 45.99 53.13 55.20 Wiltshire 516 487 487 36.72 46.07 48.28 Metropolitan 256 258 258 92.93 100.14 104.56 Notes:
1. The latest population information available from the OPCS is for mid-1991.
2. For consistency with the shire forces, the SSA information used for the metropolitan single-service authorities excludes the capital financing and other services components.