§ Mr. Gordon PrenticeTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many police houses there are in each police authority; and how many are empty.
§ Mr. MacleanThe information is set out in the table.
Stock of police houses at 31 March 1994 Police authorities Total stock Vacant Avon and Somerset 346 32 Bedfordshire 107 3 Cambridgeshire 154 5 Cheshire 142 30 City of London 65 5 Cleveland 7 1 Cumbria 239 64 Derbyshire 119 59 Devon and Cornwall 139 63 Dorset 159 21 Durham 53 5 Dyfed-Powys 187 27 Essex 353 41 Gloucestershire 165 22 Greater Manchester 340 41 Gwent 52 8 Hampshire 314 22 Hertfordshire 433 44 Humberside 125 15 Kent 479 25 Lancashire 256 27 Leicestershire 72 7 Lincolnshire 109 25 Merseyside 86 1 Norfolk 81 10 Northamptonshire 135 12 Northumbria 288 27 North Wales 276 145 North Yorkshire 286 52 Nottinghamshire 74 9 South Wales 197 35 South Yorkshire 78 10 Staffordshire 120 14 Suffolk 122 37 Surrey 455 17 Sussex 510 10 Thames valley 611 84 Warwickshire 135 19 West Mercia 182 34 West Midlands 403 23 West Yorkshire 126 29 Wiltshire 123 27 Metropolitan Police 2,181 156 Total 10,884 1,343