§ Mr. Alex CarlileTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many(a) police stations and (b) police houses, per police force there were in each of the last 10 years for which figures are available; and if he will make a statement. [23113]
§ Mr. MacleanInformation on the number of police stations is not collected centrally. Information on police houses is available only for the last four years and is set out in the table. Further information on the number of police houses is published annually in "Police Statistics" by the Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy, copies of which may be found in the Library.
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Stock of police houses at 31 March 1992–1995 Police authorities Total stock 31 March 1992 Total stock 31 March 1993 Total stock 31 March 1994 Total stock 31 March 1995 Durham 78 67 53 47 Dyfed-Powys 200 197 187 178 Essex 361 350 353 347 Gloucestershire 174 171 165 150 Greater Manchester 372 357 340 308 Gwent 68 68 52 44 Hampshire 400 385 314 267 Hertfordshire 463 446 433 423 Humberside 135 135 125 118 Kent 484 482 479 478 Lancashire 276 269 256 182 Leicestershire 84 83 72 64 Lincolnshire 133 118 109 85 Merseyside 105 101 86 77 Norfolk 86 84 81 81 Northamptonshire 142 137 135 121 Northumbria 290 289 288 287 North Wales 348 340 276 223 North Yorkshire 352 348 286 249 Nottinghamshire 84 76 74 70 South Wales 266 255 197 153 South Yorkshire 91 87 78 69 Staffordshire 206 179 120 73 Suffolk 139 129 122 96 Surrey 453 452 455 453 Sussex 520 517 510 507 Thames Valley 612 612 611 611 Warwickshire 143 122 135 133 West Mercia 240 206 182 151 West Midlands 421 416 403 399 West Yorkshire 141 135 126 109 Wiltshire 163 162 123 108 Metropolitan police 2,628 2,403 2,181 1,930 Total 12,348 11,852 10,884 9,890