asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what is the total establishment and strength of police forces in Wales, and in regard to each county and district.

			Authorised Establishment	Strength 31st March 1975	Wastage (including retirements) from 1st April 1974 to 31st March 1975	Recruitment from 1st April 1974 to 31st March 1975
Avon and Somerset	…	…	2,868	2,600	138	165
Bedfordshire	…	…	890	795	49	89
Cambridgeshire	…	…	1,024	983	41	86
Cheshire	…	…	1,770	1,630	109	186
Cleveland	…	…	1,411	1,296	89	98
Cumbria	…	…	1,078	1,022	55	79
Derbyshire	…	…	1,559	1,456	103	157
Devon and Cornwall	…	…	2,673	2,579	101	170
Dorset	…	…	1,089	1,050	70	99

On 31st March the establishments and strengths of the four forces in Wales were as follows:

Force	Establishment	Strength
Dyfed Powys	866	859
Gwent	928	921
North Wales	1,216	1,174
South Wales	2,886	2,849
Total	5,896	5,803

The Gwent police area coincides with the country boundary. The figures for the territorial divisions in the countries in the South Wales police area were as follows:

Country	Establishment	Strength
Mid-Glamorgan	863	835
South Glamorgan	888	837
West Glamorgan	685	688

All divisions receive support from head-quarters staff and the force traffic division.Separate figures for countries within the Dyfed Powys and North Wales police areas and for districts in the whole of Wales are not available, as divisional and subdivisional boundaries do not always coincide with local government boundaries.

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will publish a table showing the recognized establishment of each police force in England and Wales, the number of officers actually engaged in each of those forces, the number of officers who have retired from each of those forces during the last 12 months, and the number of officers recruited to each of those forces during the same period.

The figures are as follows: