§ Mr. Alex CarlileTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list the number of police officers employed by each Welsh police authority in each year since 1979; and if he will make a statement. [39194]
§ Mr. MacleanInformation on police strength in individual force areas from 1979 to 1995 can be found in the appendix to the annual reports of Her Majesty's chief inspector of constabulary, copies of which are in the Library. Details of police strength for each Welsh force at 31 March are set out in the table:
Police force Strength at 31 March 1996 Dyfed-Powys 991 Gwent 1,044 North Wales 1,378 South Wales 3,027
§ Mr. CarlileTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many new police officers each Welsh local police authority requested in the yearly settlement in each year since 1992; how many police officers they were awarded; and if he will make a statement. [39094]
§ Mr. MacleanThe information requested is given in the table:
§ Mr. MacleanThe available information relates to recorded offences and is given in the table.
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Notifiable offences recorded by the police in Wales Number of offences Violent crime Burglary Wounding Dyfed Powys 1979 773 1,714 499 1985 967 2,743 742 1990 2,176 3,419 1,763 1995 2,234 3,515 1,835 Gwent 1979 1,330 3,319 1,028
Notifiable offences recorded by the police in Wales Number of offences Violent crime Burglary Wounding 1985 1,792 4,887 1,493 1990 2,641 5,235 2,165 1995 2,991 6,517 2,423 North Wales 1979 1,516 4,656 1,117 1985 1,908 9,084 1,557 1990 2,731 8,342 2,311 1995 2,699 9,352 2,167 South Wales 1979 3,064 17,900 2,391 1985 3,146 25,530 2,698 1990 5,371 28,121 4,456 1995 7,584 36,941 6,094