HC Deb 20 April 1994 vol 241 cc513-4W
Mr. Bayley

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what has been(a) the establishment and (b) the number of police officers in post in North Yorkshire on 1 April 1974 and on the same date each year since then up to and including 1 April 1994.

Mr. Charles Wardle

Information on police strength is collected at the end of each month. The figures set out in the table give the information requested as at 30 April in each year. Data for April 1994 are not yet available.

Establishment and strength of the North Yorkshire police from 1974 to 1994
Years as at 30 April Establishment Strength
1974 1,277 1,183
1975 1,277 1,246
1976 1,328 1,309
Years as at 30 April Establishment Strength
1977 1,328 1,294
1978 1,328 1,271
1979 1,328 1,337
11980 1,368 1,355
1981 1,368 1,352
1982 1,368 1,361
1983 1,368 1,362
1984 1,368 1,358
1985 1,368 1,348
1986 1,368 1,365
1987 1,368 1,362
1988 1,368 1,370
1989 1,383 1,363
1990 1,408 1,380
1991 1,408 1,380
1992 1,418 1,389
1993 1,418 1,384
21994 1,418 1,326
1 The North Yorkshire authority did not ask for an increase in establishment between 1980–81 and 1987–88.
2 Figures as at February.