§ Mr. FrenchTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will set out, for each police authority in England, for the most recent year for which figures are available,(a) the number of police officers, (b) the number of civilian staff, (c) the population in the area covered and (d) the ratio of officers and staff to population; and what were the comparable figures for 1978–79.
§ Mr. Charles WardleThe information requested is as follows:
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Force As at 31 December 1992 Police strength Civilian strength Force population1 Police authority/population ratio Avon and Somerset 3,065 1,120 1,431,000 1:342 Bedfordshire 1,119 391 534,000 1:354 Cambridgeshire 1,265 446 670,000 1:392 Cheshire 1,901 543 967,000 1:396 Cleveland 1,492 473 558,000 1:284 Cumbria 1,197 414 490,000 1:304 Derbyshire 1,810 588 940,000 1:392 Devon and Cornwall 2,920 1,048 1,515,000 1:382 Dorset 1,318 553 663,000 1:354 Durham 1,377 541 604,000 1:315 Essex 2,917 1,088 1,477,000 1:369 Gloucestershire 1,148 373 539,000 1:354 Greater Manchester 7,055 2,539 2,562,000 1:267 Hampshire 3,287 1,089 1,705,000 1:390 Hertfordshire 1,688 594 843,000 1:369 Humberside 2,033 699 874,000 1:320 Kent 3,106 1,107 1,539,000 1:365 Lancashire 3,209 1,071 1,408,000 1:329 Leicestershire 1,834 667 891,000 1:356 Lincolnshire 1,191 483 593,000 1:354 Merseyside 4,656 1,638 1,441,000 1:229 Norfolk 1,426 460 759,000 1:402 Northamptonshire 1,203 436 587,000 1:358 Northumbria 3,586 1,232 1,433,000 1:297 North Yorkshire 1,408 454 721,000 1:387 Nottinghamshire 2,329 742 1,016,000 1:331 South Yorkshire 3,000 960 1,293,000 1:327 Staffordshire 2,172 736 1,047,000 1:360 Suffolk 1,237 520 662,000 1:377 Surrey 1,674 604 768,000 1:337 Sussex 2,980 971 1,430,000 1:362 Thames Valley 3,833 1,458 1,972,000 1:373 Warwickshire 1,002 332 490,000 1:367 West Mercia 2,060 927 1,099,000 1:368 West Midlands 6,952 2,471 2,619,000 1:278 West Yorkshire 5,070 1,878 2,066,000 1:297 Wiltshire 1,262 490 575,000 1:328 City of London 805 309 4,000 1:4 Metropolitan 27,812 14,584 7,285,000 1:172 1 Population figures provided by OPCS June 1991.