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Mr. Callaghan
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many officers of the Greater Manchester police authority were stationed at Manchester international airport in each of the last five years; and what percentage of the total strength of the Greater Manchester police authority this represented in the same period and at the last available date.
Mr. Peter Lloyd
The information is as follows:
| 31 December | Officers deployed at airport | Force strength | Percentage airport deployment of force strength |
| 1989 | 146 | 6,965 | 2·1 |
| 1988 | 138 | 6,844 | 2·0 |
| 1987 | 131 | 7,021 | 1·9 |
| 1986 | 131 | 6,725 | 1·9 |
| 1985 | 131 | 6,779 | 1·9 |
| 1984 | 131 | 6,745 | 1·9 |