HC Deb 28 March 2000 vol 347 cc88-9W
Miss Widdecombe

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list the police officers available for ordinary duty on 30 September 1999, broken down by rank, for each police force in England and Wales. [116530]

Mr. Straw

The information requested is set out in the table.

Police strength in England and Wales—total strength for ordinary duty as at 30 September 1999
All ranks1
Police force Chief Constable Assistant Chief Superintendent Chief Inspector Inspector Sergeant Constable Total police ranks1
Durham 1.0 2.0 18.0 24.0 77.0 208.7 1,224.0 1,554.6
Dyfed Powys 1.0 2.0 15.0 18.0 46.0 179.0 787.6 1,048.6
Essex 1.0 3.0 24.0 46.0 124.0 446.4 2,190.3 2,834.7
Gloucestershire 1.0 2.0 10.0 15.0 55.0 162.2 852.8 1,098.0
Greater Manchester 1.0 6.0 79.0 89.0 337.3 999.6 5,298.4 6,810.3
Gwent 0.0 0.0 14.0 16.0 54.0 200.0 977.3 1,261.3
Hampshire 1.0 3.0 39.4 36.0 164.8 531.4 2,635.2 3,410.8
Hertfordshire 1.0 3.0 20.0 23.0 96.0 259.3 1,357.7 1,760.0
Humberside 1.0 2.0 20.0 26.0 103.0 279.6 1,494.6 1,926.2
Kent 1.0 4.0 26.0 38.0 142.0 473.4 2,572.3 3,256.7
Lancashire 1.0 3.0 34.0 36.0 164.0 519.1 2,464.4 3,221.4
Leicestershire 1.0 3.0 16.0 19.0 95.0 271.4 1,592.1 1,997.5
Lincolnshire 1.0 2.0 11.0 17.0 65.0 185.5 829.3 1,110.8
Merseyside 1.0 3.0 50.0 55.0 176.0 615.8 3,170.1 4,070.8
Metropolitan Police 7.0 29.0 214.0 388.6 1,208.5 4,050.9 19,986.5 25,884.5
Norfolk 1.0 2.0 17.0 22.0 73.0 203.4 1,063.2 1,381.5
Northamptonshire 1.0 2.0 12.0 10.0 50.6 174.1 880.3 1,130.0
Northumbria 1.0 4.0 36.0 56.0 183.8 532.9 2,986.4 3,800.1
North Wales 1.0 1.0 16.0 29.0 71.0 232.0 1,049.0 1,399.0
North Yorkshire 1.0 1.0 12.0 12.0 53.0 215.5 999.2 1,293.7
Nottinghamshire 1.0 3.0 21.0 19.6 117.0 328.0 1,737.4 2,227.0
South Wales 1.0 4.0 30.0 36.0 159.0 442.0 2,311.0 2,983.0
South Yorkshire 1.0 4.0 38.0 46.0 168.0 485.8 2,422.2 3,165.0
Staffordshire 1.0 3.0 21.0 27.0 112.0 337.7 1,704.3 2,206.0
Suffolk 1.0 2.0 13.0 15.0 55.0 171.4 902.6 1,160.0
Surrey 1.0 3.0 16.0 19.0 76.5 261.8 1,343.9 1,721.1
Sussex 1.0 4.0 27.0 38.0 152.4 466.0 2,221.0 2,909.3
Thames Valley 1.0 3.0 43.0 28.0 194.0 565.4 2,915.2 3,749.5
Warwickshire 1.0 1.0 10.0 8.0 47.0 124.5 724.2 915.7
West Mercia 1.0 3.0 18.0 30.0 99.0 299.7 1,528.7 1,979.4
West Midlands 1.0 4.0 59.0 46.0 307.0 987.4 5,892.0 7,296.4
West Yorkshire 1.0 4.0 45.0 75.0 238.0 669.4 3,840.6 4,873.0
Wiltshire 1.0 2.0 14.0 18.0 62.0 177.9 875.3 1,150.2
Total all forces 48.0 141.0 1,222.4 1,598.2 5,937.5 18,564.8 95,537.9 123,049.7
1 Full-time equivalents

Note:

In addition 2,414 officers were on secondment to NCS, NCIS and central services, making 125,464 as the total officer strength at 30 September 1999