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Mr. Cartwright
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what advice is given to police forces about how they should involve the owners and/or
| Table 2 | |||||||||
| Strength by police division (at 31 December) | |||||||||
| 1982 | 1983 | 1984 | 1985 | 1986 | 1987 | 1988 | 1989 | 1990 | |
| A Division | |||||||||
| Police | 479 | 452 | 488 | 490 | 509 | 497 | 504 | 491 | 490 |
| Civilian | — | — | — | 116 | 138 | 136 | 133 | 135 | 138 |
| B Division | |||||||||
| Police | 378 | 361 | 369 | 375 | 385 | 386 | 386 | 397 | 392 |
| Civilian | — | — | — | 90 | 98 | 97 | 97 | 101 | 107 |
| C Division | |||||||||
| Police | 378 | 364 | 380 | 380 | 378 | 386 | 388 | 383 | 392 |
| Civilian | — | — | — | 87 | 108 | 112 | 112 | 107 | 110 |
| D Division | |||||||||
| Police | 453 | 448 | 454 | 453 | 443 | 438 | 456 | 446 | 455 |
| Civilian | — | — | — | 78 | 89 | 83 | 82 | 82 | 83 |
| E Division | |||||||||
| Police | 281 | 283 | 284 | 286 | 285 | 299 | 300 | 294 | 298 |
| Civilian | — | — | — | 56 | 57 | 57 | 56 | 54 | 54 |
managers of (a) private property and (b) public property when searching for explosive material during a bomb scare.
Mr. Lloyd
[holding answer 24 January 1991]: Advice is given to police forces by the crime prevention centre at Stafford. However, the nature of the advice given by police forces will depend on local circumstances and needs. Crime prevention officers are attached to all forces and they will be glad to give advice to anyone who seeks it on the searching of buildings for explosive material during bomb scares.