§ Mr. McNamaraTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list the(a) population served, (b) geographical area served and (c) strength of each police force in England and Wales and the ratio of (c) in each force area to (a) and (b); and what is the ratio of police offices (i) per head of the population and (ii) to geographical area in (1) England and (2) Wales. [33990]
§ Mr. MichaelThe information requested is set out in the table.
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Force Population mid 19961 (million) Hectares2 Strength as at 30.09.97 Police/population ratio Police/hectares ratio Avon and Somerset 1.467 480,340 2,973 1:493 1:162 Bedfordshire 0.549 123,470 1,081 1:508 1:114 Cambridgeshire 0.703 340,900 1,292 1:544 1:264 Cheshire 0.980 233,280 2,029 1:483 1:115 Cleveland 0.558 58,280 1,481 1:377 1:39 City of London 0.005 320 836 1:6 1:04 Cumbria 0.491 680.990 1,62 1:423 1:586 Derbyshire 0.962 262,800 1,757 1:548 1:150 Devon and Cornwall 1.543 1,024,090 2,910 1:530 1:352 Dorset 0.682 265,260 1,279 1:533 1:207 Durham 0.608 243,400 1,479 1:411 1:165 Dyfed-Powys 0.477 1,094,380 1,008 1:473 1:1086 Essex 1.514 359,420 2,944 1:514 1:122 Gloucestershire 0.556 265,500 1,107 1:502 1:240 Greater Manchester 2.576 129,480 6,908 1:373 1:19 Gwent 0.556 155,600 1,229 1:452 1:127 Hampshire 1.753 416,100 3,481 1:503 1:120 Hertfordshire 0.863 148,730 1,738 1:497 1:86 Humberside 0.887 350,790 2,030 1:437 1:173 Kent 1.557 373,190 3,301 1:472 1:113 Lancashire 1.425 305,510 3,281 1:434 1:93 Leicestershire 0.927 255,280 1,958 1:473 1:130 Lincolnshire 0.616 591,750 1,189 1:518 1:498 Merseyside 1.420 64,750 4,223 1:336 1:15 Metropolitan Police 7.564 200,990 26,391 1:287 1:8 Norfolk 0.777 538,500 1,440 1:540 1:374 North Wales 0.656 629,220 1,371 1:478 1:459 North Yorkshire 0.735 831,210 1,383 1:531 1:601 Northamptonshire 0.604 236,730 1,181 1:511 1:200 Northumbria 1.435 556,440 3,689 1:389 1:151 Nottinghamshire 1.032 220,880 2,317 1:445 1:95 South Wales 1.232 207,190 2,990 1:412 1:69 South Yorkshire 1.305 156,050 3,158 1:413 1:49 Staffordshire 1.056 271,610 2,230 1:474 1:122 Suffolk 0.662 379,480 1,198 1:553 1:93 Surrey 0.777 149,940 1,608 1:483 1:124 Sussex 1.472 378,470 3,040 1:484 1:124 Thames Valley 2.066 574,850 3,705 1:558 1:155 Warwickshire 0.501 197,890 914 1:548 1:217 West Mercia 1.118 742,900 2,031 1:550 1:366 West Midlands 2.642 89,920 7,079 1:373 1:13 West Yorkshire 2.109 201,460 5250 1:402 1:38 Wiltshire 0.593 347,600 1,167 1:508 1:298 England 49.089 13,048,530 98,424 1:499 1:133 Wales 2,921 2,086,390 6,598 1:443 1:316 England and Wales 52.010 15,134,920 124,815 1:417 1:121 1Source if the Office for National Statistics. Population figures form mid 1996 are the latest available. 2Source is the Annual Statistical Return to Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary for 1996–97.