Police Manpower (Wales)

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To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what are the current manpower levels of each Welsh police force; and if he will make a statement. [15818]

The latest date for which figures are available is 31 March 1997. The information requested is set out in the table.

Police force	Number of officers at 31 March 1997
Dyfed-Powys	¹1,004.5
Gwent	1,243
North Wales	1,369
South Wales	¹2,975.9
Total	¹6,592.4

The 1994 Police and Magistrates' Courts Act made it a matter for individual chief officers and their police authorities to determine the number of police officers in their area on the basis of the resources available to them.

¹ The fractional figures account for part-timers and job shares.

Volume 300: debated on Friday 14 November 1997