HC Deb 27 June 1995 vol 262 cc582-3W
Mr. Straw

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many special constables were on establishment in(a) England and Wales and (b) each constabulary in England and Wales in 1994. [30010]

Mr. Maclean

Special constables are volunteers and as such are not included as part of the permanent police establishment but are members of the special constabulary.

The number of special constables as at 31 December 1994 is given in the table.

Special constabulary strength as at 31 December 1994
Force Total strength
Avon and Somerset 678
Bedfordshire 198
Cambridgeshire 289
Cheshire 320
City of London 92
Cleveland 230
Cumbria 259
Derbyshire 445
Devon and Cornwall 1,113
Dorset 234
Durham 220
Dyfed-Powys 306
Essex 690
Gloucestershire 307
Greater Manchester 741
Gwent 124
Hampshire 620
Hertfordshire 306
Humberside 406
Kent 575
Lancashire 578
Leicestershire 365
Lincolnshire 328
Merseyside 395
Metropolitan 1,520
Norfolk 349
Northamptonshire 318
Northumbria 507
North Wales 315
North Yorkshire 403
Nottinghamshire 564
South Wales 488
South Yorkshire 458
Staffordshire 720
Suffolk 409

Special constabulary strength as at 31 December 1994
Force Total strength
Surrey 233
Sussex 531
Thames Valley 669
Warwickshire 354
West Mercia 582
West Midlands 845
West Yorkshire 731
Wiltshire 281
Total 20,096