asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will call for a report from the chief constable of the West Midlands as to how many police officers there are on the West Midlands police constabulary and how many of them are formally allocated to patrol duties.
On 30 June 1985 there were 6,530 police officers in the West Midlands police; 3,281 were allocated to patrol duties on that day.
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will call for a report from the chief constable of West Midlands police as to how many policewomen have received a promotion in the West Midlands police constabulary in each year since 1979, and how many have been employed on administrative duties within the West Midlands police constabulary during the same period.
The number of policewomen who were promoted in the West Midlands police during the last six years is as follows:
| Number | |
| 1979 | 6 |
| 1980 | 1 |
| 1981 | 2 |
| 1982 | 5 |
| 1983 | 3 |
| 1984 | 5 |
Figures of the numbers of officers employed on administrative duties in the force during this period could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.