HC Deb 12 January 1998 vol 304 cc70-1W
Sir Brian Mawhinney

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list by police force the number of(a) constables, (b) sergeants and (c) other ranks in post on 1 January 1998. [22123]

Mr. Michael

The information collected centrally on police numbers relates to officers in post at the end of March and September each year. The table shows police numbers by rank in each force as at 30 September 1997.

Police strength in England and Wales Total strength for ordinary duty as at 30 September 1997 (provisional) 1
Police forces Constable Sergeant Other ranks Total police ranks
Avon and Somerset 2,309.50 449.00 214.00 2,972.50
Bedfordshire 837.00 151.10 93.00 1,081.10
Cambridgeshire 992.15 199.20 100.60 1,291.95
Cheshire 1,579.34 305.00 145.00 2,029.34
City of London 636.54 118.82 81.00 836.36
Cleveland 1,153.80 218.80 108.00 1,480.60
Cumbria 902.00 175.00 85.00 1,162.00
Derbyshire 1,341.70 276.00 139.00 1,756.70
Devon and Cornwall 2,274.00 418.00 218.00 2,910.00
Dorset 971.00 201.00 107.00 1,279.00
Durham 1,153.18 211.60 114.00 1,478.78
Dyfed Powys 751.30 184.00 73.00 1,008.30
Essex 2,261.26 465.00 218.00 2,944.26
Gloucestershire 857.60 161.60 88.00 1,107.20
Greater Manchester 5,357.88 1,010.75 539.00 6,907.63
Gwent 947.00 200.00 82.00 1,229.00
Police strength in England and Wales Total strength for ordinary duty as at 30 September 1997 (provisional) 1
Police forces Constable Sergeant Other ranks Total police ranks
Hampshire 2,721.49 511.39 248.00 3,480.88
Hertfordshire 1,340.70 256.40 141.00 1,738.10
Humberside 1,573.25 297.60 159.00 2,029.85
Kent 2,584.90 470.00 246.00 3,300.90
Lancashire 2,507.70 524.00 249.00 3,280.70
Leicestershire 1,550.69 271.05 136.00 1,957.74
Lincolnshire 895.20 188.70 105.00 1,188.90
Merseyside 3,265.50 649.00 308.00 4,222.50
Metropolitan Police 20,495.58 4,078.71 1,816.80 26,391.09
Norfolk 1,138.60 193.35 108.00 1,439.95
Northamptonshire 935.00 167.00 79.00 1,181.00
Northumbria 2,903.80 507.80 277.00 3,688.60
North Wales 1,032.50 225.00 113.00 1,370.50
North Yorkshire 1,060.58 218.00 104.00 1,382.58
Nottinghamshire 1,811.96 335.60 169.50 2,317.06
South Wales 2,285.60 461.00 243.00 2,989.60
South Yorkshire 2,437.75 473.00 247.00 3,157.75
Staffordshire 1,715.10 339.20 176.00 2,230.30
Suffolk 933.20 173.80 91.00 1,198.00
Surrey 1,234.27 237.20 136.50 1,607.97
Sussex 2,339.95 468.40 231.67 3,040.02
Thames Valley 2,876.07 547.50 281.75 3,705.32
Warwickshire 701.60 138.00 74.00 913.60
West Mercia 1,557.70 305.70 168.00 2,031.40
West Midlands 5,589.00 1,004.00 486.00 7,079.00
West Yorkshire 4,118.10 754.10 378.00 5,250.20
Wiltshire 891.53 187.10 88 1,166.63
Total all forces 96,822.57 18,727.47 9,264.82 124,814.85
1 Full-time equivalents