§ Mr. Matthew TaylorTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many police officers are currently serving in each British constabulary. [36733]
§ Mr. MacleanThe information is set out in the table.
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Police force Police officer strength As at 31 March 1995 England and Wales Avon and Somerset 3,000 Bedfordshire 1,126 Cambridgeshire 1,261 Cheshire 1,932 City of London 885 Cleveland 1,438 Cumbria 1,167 Derbyshire 1,797 Devon and Cornwall 2,877 Dorset 1,288 Durham 1,353 Dyfed-Powys 976 Essex 2,921
Police force Police officer strength As at 31 March 1995 Gloucestershire 1,163 Greater Manchester 7,037 Gwent 997 Hampshire 3,256 Hertfordshire 1,703 Humberside 2,029 Kent 3,117 Lancashire 3,212 Leicestershire 1,839 Lincolnshire 1,199 Merseyside 4,659 Metropolitan Police 27,480 Norfolk 1,395 Northamptonshire 1,156 Northumbria 3,606 North Wales 1,366 North Yorkshire 1,300 Nottinghamshire 2,319 South Wales 3,014 South Yorkshire 3,040 Staffordshire 2,231 Suffolk 1,191 Surrey 1,676 Sussex 2,931 Thames Valley 3,854 Warwickshire 1,013 West Mercia 2,046 West Midlands 7,019 West Yorkshire 5,050 Wiltshire 1,261 Scotland Central Scotland 656 Dumfries and Galloway 391 Fife 789 54W
Table A: Notifiable offences recorded by the police 1992–94 Offences against property1 Offences against the person Violence against the person Sexual offences Robbery Police force area 1992 1993 1994 1992 1993 1994 1992 1993 1994 1992 1993 1994 Avon and Somerset 167,699 166,672 157,409 5,151 5,772 6,791 586 894 1,091 1,320 1,863 1,715 Bedfordshire 56,427 55,648 49,135 1,900 1,936 1,965 254 417 417 605 543 580 Cambridgeshire 62,428 61,861 57,588 2,777 2,821 3,030 437 393 421 291 308 242 Cheshire 74,560 75,293 69,283 2,784 2,975 3,245 459 465 543 320 345 278 Cleveland 80,820 75,174 78,267 2,651 2,227 2,359 268 216 236 289 336 466 Cumbria 42,818 41,097 39,622 1,945 1,935 2,153 168 246 250 100 91 74 Derbyshire 83,098 85,829 80,248 3,973 4,097 3,984 418 478 493 345 357 421 Devon and Cornwall 108,923 114,344 102,147 3,926 4,114 4,603 665 985 892 310 423 403 Dorset 49,441 49,037 52,081 1,505 1,736 1,877 345 319 442 164 135 146 Durham 63,803 63,417 60,949 2,447 2,406 2,665 412 495 510 153 164 149 Essex 108,874 108,291 99,579 4,334 4,188 4,505 620 709 549 530 430 423 Gloucestershire 58,005 58,148 57,136 1,646 1,759 2,140 269 314 466 268 303 319 Greater Manchester 376,695 345,332 319,832 10,128 10,049 9,281 1,409 1,357 1,228 4,310 5,424 5,361 Hampshire 145,051 138,396 132,393 5,245 5,328 5,705 1,121 1,406 1,056 605 564 585 Hertfordshire 56,181 53,989 51,976 1,882 1,919 1,996 294 275 305 349 273 264 Humberside 122,091 134,258 128,921 4,950 4,955 5,054 773 798 695 419 526 547 Kent 151,025 152,558 144,724 5,736 6,185 7,127 1,100 942 1,099 605 631 635 Lancashire 126,860 129,453 121,870 3,196 3,134 3,230 420 469 502 530 540 546 Leicestershire 92,028 94,089 91,952 3,490 3,749 4,855 559 471 617 864 1,039 1,158 Lincolnshire 46,087 49,253 44,222 2,229 2,282 2,319 316 313 393 119 158 119 City of London 6,381 5,226 5,004 230 238 125 29 23 23 62 51 29 Merseyside 137,970 130,350 124,682 7,134 7,359 7,678 705 768 808 2,036 2,204 2,035 Metropolitan Police 869,057 832,936 770,119 37,667 39,586 46,788 5,876 6,400 6,972 23,555 24,486 25,764 Norfolk 64,088 61,216 52,706 1,833 2,044 2,187 384 366 370 212 217 186 Northamptonshire 56,091 56,176 53,980 2,466 2,633 2,498 295 291 367 293 301 306 Northumbria 215,436 204,666 194,921 6,348 6,358 6,185 766 713 746 1,064 1,227 1,213 North Yorkshire 52,105 55,089 59,142 1,921 1,993 2,082 226 266 263 129 123 187 Nottinghamshire 153,348 148,191 141,771 8,314 7,690 7,718 1,083 1,167 1,141 1,065 1,202 1,193 South Yorkshire 129,912 149,775 148,984 4,896 4,815 5,027 593 638 664 716 943 1.062 Staffordshire 90,763 91,384 86,256 5,452 5,731 6,089 446 520 551 391 414 416 Suffolk 41,502 39,967 36,083 2,087 2,116 2,140 375 380 392 150 117 118 Surrey 50,497 49,293 42,827 2,025 2,175 2,716 395 377 463 224 213 165 Sussex 113,568 106,099 101,104 3,134 3,269 3,420 845 693 747 542 546 589
Police force Police officer strength As at 31 March 1995 Grampian 1,194 Lothian and Borders 2,539 Northern 649 Strathclyde 7,014 Tayside 1,091 Northern Ireland Royal Ulster Constabulary 8,448 Reserve (full-time) 3,176 Reserve (part-time) 1,507