§ Mr. GroganTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many police constables were employed by the North Yorkshire Constabulary between 1978 and 1998; and what was the total police strength in each of those years. [49080]
§ Mr. MichaelThe information available is set out in the table. It is not possible to provide details of the number of constables prior to July 1990.
North Yorkshire constabulary Year1 Total constable strength Total officer strength 1978 n/a 1,192 1979 n/a 1,342 1980 n/a 1,352 1981 n/a 1,355 1982 n/a 1,354 1983 n/a 1,366 1984 n/a 1,359 1985 n/a 1,332 1986 n/a 1,361 1987 n/a 1,353 1988 n/a 1,372 1989 n/a 1,370 1990 21,039 1,379 1991 1,044 1,387 1992 1,055 1,398 1993 1,054 1,393 1994 1,007 1,318 1995 976 1,300 1996 1,004 1,324 1997 1,018 1,338 19983 1,053 1,367 1Figures provided are as at 31 March for each year 2Constable figures for 1990 are those at 30 June. The nearest available to March 1990 3Police numbers for March 1998 are provisional