HL Deb 09 April 2001 vol 624 cc139-40WA
Lord Lester of Herne Hill

asked Her Majesty's Government:

How many police stations in England and Wales have been closed during the past three years; and where they were. [HL1472]

Lord Bassam of Brighton

Estimates by police forces of the number of police stations closed in each force in England and Wales between 1 April 1997 and 31 March 2000 are set out in the table attached. Figures for 2000–01 are not yet available.

Force 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000
Avon & Somerset 1
Cambridgeshire 1 4
Cheshire 2 3
Cleveland 1 2
Cumbria 10
Derbyshire 6 3 6
Devon & Cornwall 4 3 4
Dorset 1 1
Durham 1
Dyfed-Powys 1
Essex 1 39
Gloucestershire 4 12
Greater Manchester 9
Gwent 5
Hampshire 3 8
Hertfordshire 1 2
Humberside 2 2
Kent 3 1
Lancashire 1 1
Leicestershire 2 3
Lincolnshire 1 1
Metropolitan 5 7 6
Merseyside 1 1 6
Force 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000
Norfolk 1
Northumbria 5 4
North Wales 7 2 5
Nottinghamshire 22 1
South Wales 10 8 9
South Yorkshire 4 2
Staffordshire 2 1 1
Surrey 2 2
Thames Valley 7 1 2
West Mercia 4
West Midlands 2 1 1
West Yorkshire 1
Wiltshire 2 2