§ Dr. MarekTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many public complaints against each police force in England and Wales were made in 1994; and what percentage change this represents over the figure for 1993. [9204]
§ Mr. Maclean[holding answer 15 January 1995]: The information requested is given in the table.
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Total complaints recorded 1994 Police forces in England and Wales Total complaints recorded 1994 Percentage change 1993–1994 Avon and Somerset 992 5 Bedfordshire 249 -2 Cambridgeshire 422 38 Cheshire 454 -10 Cleveland 460 -14 Cumbria 319 -4 Derbyshire 481 20 Devon and Cornwall 935 22 Dorset 147 -18 Durham 214 5 Essex 500 22 Gloucestershire 300 -19 Greater Manchester 2,701 5 Hampshire 685 -20 Hertfordshire 407 -3 Humberside 472 -28 Kent 766 -7 Lancashire 695 9 Leicestershire 305 -19 Lincolnshire 93 12 City of London 89 65 Merseyside 2,146 18 Metropolitan Police1 10,094 na Norfolk 393 2 Northamptonshire 178 -11 Northumbria 612 -6 North Yorkshire 330 -5 Nottinghamshire 788 17 South Yorkshire 583 -11 Staffordshire 548 1 Suffolk 353 1 Surrey 506 25 Sussex 905 28 Thames Valley 979 11 Warwickshire 136 -17
Total complaints recorded 1994 Police forces in England and Wales Total complaints recorded 1994 Percentage Change 1993–1994 West Mercia 506 11 West Midlands 1,739 5 West Yorkshire 1,304 3 Wiltshire 260 -6 Dyfed-Powys 169 19 Gwent 467 16 North Wales 608 32 South Wales 981 16 Total 36,201 25 1Comparable figures for 1993 not available. 2Excludes Metropolitan Police.