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Special Constabulary

Volume 958: debated on Thursday 23 November 1978

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Mr. Hooson

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what is

Police AreaSpecial ConstablesRegular ForceProportion Per cent
Avon and Somerset……6082,80421·3
Bedfordshire………20387723·14
Cambridgeshire………3651,01735·88
Cheshire………2381,73713·70
Cleveland………1871,31714·19
Cumbria………2781,00627·63
Derbyshire………5221,51334·50
Devon and Cornwall……1,3302,60651·03
Dorset………2771,10924·97
Durham………1341,32010·15
Dyfed Powys………17092318·41
Essex………3972,35016·89
Gloucestershire………3241,06130·53
Greater Manchester……4666,3717·31
Gwent………24395925·33
Hampshire………4472,80515·93
Hertfordshire………2991,48820·09
Humberside………3221,813177
Kent………7972,67829·76
Lancashire………3893,08812·59
Leicestershire………3061,65418·50
Lincolnshire………4691,15340·67
Merseyside………3414,330787
Norfolk………3011,21924·69
Northamptonshire……23788926·65
Northumbria………4803,23214·85
North Wales………5501,26243·58
North Yorkshire………3751,29229·02
Nottinghamshire………5222,09324·94
South Wales………2972,91610·18
South Yorkshire………2672,51910·59
Staffordshire………5531,98427·87
Suffolk………4301,01742·28
Surrey………2681,48318·07
Sussex………4892,68818·19
Thames Valley………5802,72521·28
Warwickshire………39787245·52
West Mercia………6241,65837·63
West Midlands………9085,85215·51
West Yorkshire………4504,6749·62
Wiltshire………26496127·47
City of London………13184215·55
Metropolitan………2,01722,0449·14
TOTALS………19,252108,20117·79

Mr. Hooson

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what is the current budget for national advertisements inviting those interested to join the special constabulary.

Dr. Summerskill

£22,000 nationally. There are, in addition, local campaigns which are the primary means of recruiting.

the current strength of the special constabulary, for each force and in total; and what proportion of the regular force this represents both by force and in total.

Dr. Summerskill

The information, for England and Wales, at 31st December 1977, the latest date for which special constabulary figures are available, is as follows: