§ Mr. William PowellTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list(a) the estimated percentage increase in population for each police authority area since 1979 and (b) the estimated percentage increase in police establishment since 1979.
§ Mr. MacleanThe information is set out in the table.
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Population 1Police establishment Police authority 1979 19932 Population increase 19793 19943 Percentage increase Avon and Somerset 1,334,000 1,447,000 8.5 2,953 3,087 4.5 Bedfordshire 499,000 539,000 8.0 947 1,162 22.7 Cambridgeshire 579,000 683,000 18.0 1,140 1,241 8.9 Cheshire 926,000 972,000 5.0 1,805 1,920 6.4 City of London 5,000 4,000 -20.0 1,022 803 -21.4 Cleveland 569,000 559,000 -1.8 1,418 1,502 5.9 Cumbria 470,000 490,000 4.3 1,113 1,190 6.9 Derbyshire 898,000 951,000 5.9 1,712 1,850 8.1 Devon and Cornwall 1,371,000 1,526,000 11.3 2,673 2,928 9.5 Dorset 591,000 667,000 12.9 1,164 1,302 11.9 Durham 603,000 608,000 0.8 1,349 1,389 3.0 Dyfed-Powys 433,000 471,000 8.8 934 972 4.1 Essex 1,377,000 1,489,000 8.1 2,533 2,950 16.5 Gloucestershire 497,000 544,000 9.5 1,116 1.184 6.1 Greater Manchester 2,648,000 2,579,000 -2.6 6,766 7,109 5.1 Gwent 436,000 450,000 3.2 975 1,010 3.6 Hampshire 1,575,000 1,718,000 9.1 3,034 3,269 7.7 Hertfordshire 808,000 849,000 5.1 1,533 1,700 10.9 Humberside 850,000 884,000 4 1,939 2,034 4.9 Kent 1,456,000 1,540,000 5.8 2,842 3,150 10.8 Lancashire 1,370,000 1,421,000 3.7 3,138 3,229 2.9 Leicestershire 836,000 910,000 8.9 1,706 1,867 9.4 Lincolnshire 534,000 601,000 12.5 1,182 1,206 2.0 Merseyside 1,532,000 1,441,000 -5.9 4,451 4,705 5.7 Metropolitan Police 7,353,000 7,420,000 0.9 26,589 27,736 4.3 Norfolk 686,000 765,000 11.5 1,265 1,446 14.3 North Wales 611,000 656,000 7.4 1,309 1,369 4.6 North Yorkshire 663,000 722,000 8.9 1,368 1,418 3.7 Northamptonshire 523,000 592,000 13.2 978 1,190 21.7 Northumbria 1,446,000 1,445,000 -0.1 3,325 3,613 8.7 Nottinghamshire 974,000 1,028,000 5.5 2,260 2,344 3.7 South Wales 1,295,000 1,329,000 2.6 3,069 3,168 3.2 South Yorkshire 1,301,000 1,306,000 0.4 2,752 3,031 10.1 Staffordshire 1,000,000 1,054,000 5.4 2,066 2,215 7.2 Suffolk 598,000 646,000 8.0 1,123 1,233 9.8 Surrey 725,000 770,000 6.2 1,602 1,685 5.2 Sussex 1,298,000 1,440,000 10.9 2,811 3,014 7.2 Thames Valley 1,760,000 2,001,000 13.7 3,005 3,812 26.9 Warwickshire 469,000 494,000 5.3 876 1,020 16.4 West Mercia 987,000 1,109,000 12.4 1,834 2,067 12.7 West Midlands 2,696,000 2,634,000 -2.3 6,509 6,991 7.4 West Yorkshire 2,064,000 2,102,000 1.8 5,104 5,295 3.7 Wiltshire 516,000 583,000 13 1,032 1,181 14.4 Total 49,162,000 51,439,000 4.6 118,322 126,587 7.0 1 Figures exclude officers seconded to regional crime squads and central services. 2 Population figures are provided by the OPCS. 1993 is the latest available estimate. 3At 31 December.