To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will call for a report from the chief constable for the number of personnel employed by South Yorkshire police authority (a) in total and (b) for each division or equivalent, for each year since 1979, distinguishing civilian personnel separately.
The tables show the available information. No records were kept of the strength at divisional level before 1982 or of civilian staff strength at divisional level before 1985.
| South Yorkshire Police | |||
| Table 1 | |||
| Police and civilian strength (at 31 December) | |||
| Police | Civilian | Total | |
| 1979 | 2,644 | 863 | 3,507 |
| 1980 | 2,842 | 891 | 3,733 |
| 1981 | 2,874 | 800 | 3,674 |
| 1982 | 2,875 | 768 | 3,643 |
| 1983 | 2,858 | 789 | 3,647 |
| 1984 | 2,873 | 871 | 3,744 |
| 1985 | 2,850 | 818 | 3,668 |
| 1986 | 2,846 | 939 | 3,785 |
| 1987 | 2,934 | 947 | 3,881 |
| 1988 | 2,941 | 977 | 3,918 |
| 1989 | 2,941 | 1,004 | 3,945 |
| 1990 | 2,981 | 1,020 | 4,001 |
1982
| 1983
| 1984
| 1985
| 1986
| 1987
| 1988
| 1989
| 1990
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F Division
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| Police | 285 | 277 | 284 | 281 | 286 | 293 | 304 | 304 | 304 |
| Civilian | — | — | — | 54 | 62 | 60 | 63 | 65 | 64 |
Headquarters
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| Police | 569 | 646 | 558 | 524 | 524 | 555 | 560 | 577 | 594 |
| Civilian | — | — | — | 335 | 387 | 402 | 434 | 460 | 464 |
Recruits in training
| 52 | 27 | 56 | 61 | 36 | 80 | 43 | 49 | 56 |