HC Deb 18 March 1997 vol 292 c491W
Mr. Michael Brown

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list for each police

Police and civilian strength in England and Wales
May 1979 September 1990 September 1996
Force Police Civilians1 Police Civilians1 Police Civilians1
Avon and Somerset 2,829 683 3,069 863 3,004 1,209
Bedfordshire 900 280 1,051 370 1,118 498
Cambridgeshire 1,071 306 1,193 460 1,253 558
Cheshire 1,787 391 1,868 497 2,016 755
City of London 832 274 790 278 868 335
Cleveland 1,347 318 1,496 452 1,444 599
Cumbria 1,064 252 1,176 408 1,124 435
Derbyshire 1,587 634 1,773 562 1,795 684
Devon and Cornwall 2,667 752 2,870 964 2,876 1,164
Dorset 1,140 277 1,286 532 1,262 614
Durham 1,312 500 1,371 534 1,426 542
Dyfed-Powys 913 190 943 242 998 334
Essex 2,490 686 2,845 990 2,927 1,266
Gloucestershire 1,081 229 1,159 344 1,139 425
Greater Manchester 6,440 1,409 7,019 2,232 6,961 2,719
Gwent 971 203 1,000 264 1,231 463
Hampshire 2,955 708 3,160 967 3,362 1,350
Hertfordshire 1,455 374 1,652 544 1,721 790
Humberside 1,861 504 1,986 655 2,042 715
Kent 2,730 888 3,000 973 3,227 1,274
Lancashire 3,093 885 3,183 1,137 3,203 1,204
Leicestershire 1,701 362 1,778 641 1,933 708
Lincolnshire 1,175 314 1,200 445 1,157 489
Merseyside 4,441 910 4,686 1,472 4,271 1,686
Metropolitan 22,225 11,837 28,287 13,447 27,049 13,890
Norfolk 1,229 246 1,389 426 1,399 573
Northamptonshire 909 252 1,134 399 1,186 560
Northumbria 3,285 773 3,519 1,185 3,693 1,215
North Wales 1,269 317 1,335 437 1,381 536
North Yorkshire 1,337 338 1,386 441 1,334 596
Nottinghamshire 2,120 554 2,336 661 2,339 989
South Wales 2,945 870 3,112 1,134 2,913 1,151
South Yorkshire 2,560 599 2,961 877 3,128 1,316
Staffordshire 1,980 573 2,197 667 2,220 758
Suffolk 1,077 323 1,206 436 1,159 500
Surrey 1,442 360 1,659 523 1,632 760
Sussex 2,759 723 2,990 913 3,097 1,167
Thames Valley 2,653 970 3,699 1,323 3,682 1,853
Warwickshire 843 204 1,022 339 948 393
West Mercia 1,752 501 2,013 844 2,011 958
West Midlands 6,031 1,426 6,866 2,254 7,203 2,389
West Yorkshire 4,739 1,191 5,278 1,842 5,154 2,091
Wiltshire 1,001 252 1,140 438 1,166 493
1Excludes traffic wardens.