HC Deb 06 March 1997 vol 291 cc699-700W
Sir John Stanley

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many police officers there were in 1979; and how many there are at the present time. [18940]

Mr. Maclean

I refer my right hon. Friend to the reply given to our hon. Friend the Member for Gravesham (Mr. Arnold) on 23 January,Official Report, column 731.