§ Mr. LlwydTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what information he has on the number of serving police officers in England and Wales who are ethnically Romanic and gipsy by origin.
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§ Mr. Charles WardleThis information is not collected.
§ Mr. TylerTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what is the establishment number of police officers for each county in England and Wales; and what is the ratio of police officers to population for each county.
§ Mr. Charles WardleWith one exception, the information requested can be found in the appendix to the annual report of Her Majesty's Chief Inspector of Constabulary 1992, a copy of which is in the Library.
Since December 1992 the formal establishment of Kent county constabulary has been increased by 40 posts, all for policing the channel tunnel. These posts are subject to reimbursement of full costs, by the tunnel operator. The establishment of the force is now 3,136 and the ratio of police to population 1:491.
§ Mr. RedmondTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will publish life expectancy tables for retired police officers; and whether such information was provided to and examined by the Sheehy inquiry.
§ Mr. Charles WardleNo. Aggregate data from which such tables would be derived are not available centrally and could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.