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Mr. George
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 the number of hours of overtime worked, together with the annual costs, for each year since 1978 within H Division (Walsall) of the West Midlands police authority.
Mr. Douglas Hogg
I understand from the chief constable of the west midlands that the information for each of the financial years 1978–79 to 1985–86 is as follows:
| Financial year | Number of hours of overtime worked | Annual cost approximate |
| 1978–79 | 73,330 | 1n.a. |
| 1979–80 | 79,754 | 1n.a. |
| 1980–81 | 77,705 | 370,000 |
| 1981–82 | 60,410 | 320,000 |
| 1982–83 | 49,721 | 300,000 |
| 1983–84 | 250,761 | 330,000 |
| 1984–85 | 345,119 | 320,000 |
| 1985–86 | 47,149 | 350,000 |
| 1986–87 | 439,250 | 310,000 |
| 1 Not available. | ||
| 2 Does not include overtime in connection with policing the miners' dispute. | ||
| 3 Does not include overtime in connection with the Handsworth disturbance. | ||
| 4 Does not include overtime in connection with the Wolverhampton disturbance. | ||