HC Deb 06 July 1998 vol 315 c350W
Mr. Grogan

To 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. Michael

The 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