To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list, for the present year and each of the last nine fiscal years, the increase in establishment requested by the Metropolitan police force and each of the provincial police authorities, together with the increase approved for each of those authorities for each of those years.
The information requested is as follows:
1 the increase of secen posts for Derbyshire was approved on a supernumerary basis while the force carried out a review.
1984–85
| 1985–86
| 1986–87
| 1987–88
| 1988–89
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Increase applied for
| Increase approved
| Increase applied for
| Increase approved
| Increase applied for
| Increase approved
| Increase applied for
| Increase approved
| Increase applied for
| Increase approved
| |
| Avon and Somerset | — | — | — | — | — | — | 20 | 10 | 45 | 20 |
| Bedfordshire | — | — | — | — | — | — | 34 | 20 | 31 | 10 |
| Cambridgeshire | — | — | — | — | — | — | 40 | 20 | 60 | 20 |
| Cheshire | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 25 | 15 |
| Cleveland | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Cumbria | 4 | — | 14 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 40 | 8 | 40 | — |
28 | 40 | — | ||||||||
| Derbyshire | — | — | — | — | 26 | 26 | — | — | — | — |
| Devon and Cornwall | 4 | — | 5 | 5 | 18 | 18 | 53 | 28 | 96 | 25 |
| 17 | 17 | |||||||||
| Dorset | 1 | — | 20 | 20 | 8 | 8 | 14 | 9 | 40 | — |
| 15 | 15 | |||||||||
| Durham | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 16 | — |
| Dyfed Powys | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| Essex | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 50 | 49 | 50 | 20 | 80 | 20 |
21 | 25 | 365 | — | |||||||
| Gloucestershire | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Greater Manchester | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 140 | — |
| Gwent | — | — | — | — | — | — | 17 | 8 | 42 | 9 |
| Hampshire | 3 | — | — | — | 21 | 21 | 23 | — | 23 | 23 |
| Hertfordshire | — | 10 | — | — | 33 | 18 | 41 | 35 | 35 | — |
| Humberside | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 41 | — |
| Kent | — | — | — | — | 36 | 36 | 36 | — | 59 | 30 |
| Lancashire | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Leicestershire | — | — | — | — | 53 | — | — | — | 45 | — |
| Lincolnshire | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Merseyside | — | — | — | — | 107 | 72 | — | — | 35 | — |
| Norfolk | 5 | 5 | — | — | 40 | 40 | — | — | 50 | 20 |
| Northamptonshire | 16 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 23 | 23 | 46 | 32 | 38 | 20 |
| Northumbria | 21 | 21 | — | — | 75 | 35 | 40 | 40 | 80 | 30 |
| North Wales | — | — | 12 | — | — | — | — | — | 41 | 10 |
| North Yorkshire | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 25 | — |
| Nottinghamshire | — | — | — | — | — | — | 63 | — | 63 | 35 |
| South Wales | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 66 | — |
| South Yorkshire | — | — | — | — | 213 | 9 | 204 | 50 | 50 | 20 |
| Staffordshire | — | 5 | 52 | — | 52 | 27 | 25 | 25 | 50 | 10 |
| Suffolk | — | — | — | — | 50 | 50 | — | — | 1 | — |
| Surrey | 14 | 14 | 22 | 10 | 13 | 13 | 6 | — | 6 | — |
| Sussex | — | — | — | — | — | 103 | 93 | 7 | — | — |
23 | ||||||||||
| Thames Valley | 1174 | 20 | — | 30 | 200 | 100 | 200 | 50 | 200 | 90 |
214 | 19 | |||||||||
| Warwickshire | — | — | 29 | 12 | 17 | 17 | 14 | 14 | 14 | — |
| 39 | 13 | |||||||||
| West Mercia | — | — | 30 | 30 | — | — | 10 | 10 | — | — |
| West Midlands | 14 | 214 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 350 | 70 |
| West Yorkshire | — | — | — | — | 37 | — | 114 | 50 | 260 | 23 |
| 101 | ||||||||||
| Wiltshire | 3 | 3 | 11 | 4 | — | 27 | 39 | 25 | 20 | — |
| City of London | — | — | 6 | 26 | 6 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Metropolitan | — | 200 | — | 50 | — | 350 | — | 300 | — | 300 |
1 Thames Valley applied in November 1984 for 174 additional posts without specifying when they would be needed. The later application for 200 posts supersedes this application. | ||||||||||
2 These additional posts were authorised on a supernumerary basis. Current authorisation expires on various dates in 1988. (nb. Cumbria's eight posts were made substantive in 1987–88.) | ||||||||||
3 Denotes application for duties at Stansted airport. | ||||||||||