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Mr. Ron Lewis
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will publish in theOfficial Report details of the current strength of each police authority, and the numbers needed to bring them up to full strength.
Dr. Summerskill
The figures which relate to police officers are as follows:
| Strength at 30th September 1977 | Vacancies | |
| Avon and Somerset | 2,775 | 76 |
| Bedfordshire | 859 | 82 |
| Cambridgeshire | 1,012 | 78 |
| Cheshire | 1,726 | 79 |
| Cleveland | 1,310 | 101 |
| Cumbria | 1,000 | 82 |
| Derbyshire | 1,506 | 203 |
| Devon and Cornwall | 2,541 | 132 |
| Dorset | 1,084 | 24 |
| Durham | 1,285 | 64 |
| Dyfed Powys | 911 | 5 |
| Essex | 2,333 | 178 |
| Gloucestershire | 1,047 | 53 |
| Greater Manchester | 6,310 | 425 |
| Gwent | 946 | 18 |
| Hampshire | 2,794 | 141 |
| Hertfordshire | 1,457 | 26 |
| Humberside | 1,778 | 161 |
| Kent | 2,608 | 7 |
| Lancashire | 3,037 | 43 |
| Leicestershire | 1,635 | 70 |
| Lincolnshire | 1,141 | 41 |
| Merseyside | 4,260 | 191 |
| Norfolk | 1,185 | 79 |
| Northamptonshire | 895 | 55 |
| Northumbria | 3,195 | 127 |
| North Wales | 1,229 | 47 |
| North Yorkshire | 1,277 | 51 |
| Nottinghamshire | 2,060 | 84 |
| South Wales | 2,395 | 174 |
| South Yorkshire | 2,521 | 231 |
| Staffordshire | 1,976 | 90 |
| Suffolk | 1,010 | 76 |
| Surrey | 1,464 | 39 |
| Sussex | 2,661 | 124 |
| Thames Valley | 2,738 | 257 |
| Warwickshire | 856 | 20 |
| West Mercia | 1,646 | 25 |
| West Midlands | 5,778 | 731 |
| West Yorkshire | 4,648 | 456 |
| Wiltshire | 940 | 55 |
| City of London | 834 | 188 |
| Metropolitan | 22,126 | 4,502 |
Mr. Ron Lewis
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many policemen and others have resigned from the police forces during the past 12 months.
Dr. Summerskill
The number of police officers resigning without pension or gratuity during the 12 months ended 30th September 1977 was 4,929 of whom 3,718 were men and 1,211 women. If the hon. Member will indicate what other classes of staff he has in mind, I will see whether the information is available.