§ Mr. KeyTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list the number of(a) police officers, (b) full-time civilian staff, (c) part-time civilian staff and (d) contractors' staff employed by Wiltshire constabulary in (i) 1978, (ii) 1983, (iii) 1987, (iv) 1992 and (v) 1996. [8130]
§ Mr. MacleanInformation on numbers of contract staff is not held centrally. The numbers of police officers and civilians employed by Wiltshire constabulary are set out in the table:
Number of Civilians Year1 Number of Police Officers Part-Time Full-Time 1978 962 227 44 1983 1,029 235 51 1987 1,044 311 69 1992 1,221 424 83 1996 1,219 414 92 1 All figures taken at end of March.