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Mr. Fraser
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many police officers were employed by each of the four Welsh police forces in each year since 1979. [11199]
Mr. Michael
[holding answer 29 July 1997]: The information is set out in the table:
| Year | Police force | |||
| As at March | Dyfed-Powys | Gwent | North Wales | South Wales |
| 1979 | 910 | 965 | 1,268 | 2,936 |
| 1980 | 926 | 967 | 1,275 | 3,056 |
| 1981 | 932 | 972 | 1,293 | 3,065 |
| 1982 | 920 | 964 | 1,286 | 3,103 |
| 1983 | 927 | 963 | 1,296 | 3,091 |
| 1984 | 921 | 962 | 1,290 | 3,071 |
| 1985 | 910 | 964 | 1,271 | 3,073 |
| 1986 | 930 | 978 | 1,253 | 3,066 |
| 1987 | 932 | 973 | 1,286 | 3,100 |
| 1988 | 917 | 979 | 1,300 | 3,126 |
| 1989 | 931 | 996 | 1,327 | 3,102 |
| 1990 | 935 | 1,008 | 1,337 | 3,135 |
| 1991 | 935 | 999 | 1,349 | 3,137 |
| 1992 | 947 | 1,009 | 1,347 | 3,168 |
| 1993 | 967 | 1,004 | 1,360 | 3,176 |
| 1994 | 965 | 993 | 1,352 | 3,131 |
| 1995 | 976 | 997 | 1,366 | 3,014 |
| 1996 | 991 | 11,044 | 1,378 | 13,027 |
| 1997 | 1,005 | 11,243 | 1,369 | 12,976 |
| 1 As a result of local government re-organisation in Wales on 1 April 1996, 150 police officers were transferred from the South Wales police to the Gwent constabulary. | ||||