To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will give his best estimate of the Inland Revenue's main unit costs for dealing with the tax affairs of (a) employees on PAYE liable at the basic rate and the higher rate, (b) the self-employed and (c) occupational pensioners.

Information in the precise form requested is not available. The Inland Revenue's management plan, which will be published shortly, will give the unit costs for all schedule E taxpayer records, including PAYE taxpayer and occupational pensioners; all schedule D records, including the self-employed.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) when he expects that the Inland Revenue will have issued tax codes incorporating the new company car benefit charges for 1994–95 to the majority of company car users;(2) what proportion of tax codings issued to taxpayers by the Inland Revenue for the tax year 1994–95 have included the benefit charge for use of a company car in 1994–95 as announced in the Budget in November 1993.

By now, all employees and employers should have received 1994–95 PAYE codes based on the most up to date information about car benefits and other matters held by the Revenue.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will give (a) the number of cases and (b) the average amount of tax involved where capital gains tax was remitted because the taxpayer had left the country for each year since 1984.

The number of cases and the average amount of tax involved where capital gains tax was remitted because the taxpayer has left the country for each year since 1984 is as follows:

Year	Number	Average amount in £
1984	207	8,662
1985	194	7,431
1986	177	27,381
1987	177	15,506
1988	238	8,737
1989	204	10,048
1990	218	8,444
1991	345	13,401
1992	448	14,932

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will give the cost of tax relief on income and capital gains from shareholdings held in PEPs for the year 1996–97, assuming that the uptake of PEPs continues at its present rate and that there is no change in income or capital gains tax legislation.

This would depend on rates of return from PEP investments in 1996–97.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what additional proposals he has to reduce tax avoidance.

The 1994 Finance Bill contains a number of important new anti-avoidance measures which are expected to yield almost £2 billion over the next three years. The Government will be considering whether further measures will be announced in the next Budget.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer when he intends taking action to make it a criminal offence for companies deliberately to delay payment of accounts.

The Government's consultation exercise on late payment ended on 31 March 1994. We are currently considering the responses and the Government will announce their decision in due course.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what assessment he has made of the contribution to the change in level of imports from Europe in the first half of 1993 of evasion of value added tax following the abolition of the request for imports declared at customs.

This change provided no new opportunities for VAT evasion, so the question of assessing the amount does not arise.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what was the value of VAT repayment cheques stolen in each of the last five years.

The value of VAT payable orders which have been fraudulently encashed in each of the last five years is as follows:

	£
1989–90	25,052
1990–91	161,235
1991–92	85,246
1992–93	11,194,650
1993–94	20,327
1Includes a payable order for £1,156,806 stolen en route to Haringey borough council.

Excluding the Haringey case, £230,956 of the total of £329,704 misappropriated has been recovered.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how much duty was collected on imports of (a) alcoholic beverages and (b) tobacco in the first half of 1993 and the first half of 1992; and what is his estimate of the revenue lost from the new system of recording the trade figures.

Estimates for the amount of duty paid on imported products are calculated only on an annual basis. The figures for 1992 are £1,620 million for alcoholic beverages and £620 million for tobacco. A breakdown between imports and domestic sales is not yet available for 1993. The new system of recording the trade figures has no effect on the amount of duty collected.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what negotiations have been taking place between the International Monetary Fund over Mozambique.

The Mozambican authorities have recently completed discussions with IMF staff on an extension of the three-year enhanced structural adjustment fund programme which ended in 1993. They have also been negotiating an economic recovery package with the World bank. The Mozambican authorities, the fund, and the bank will now collaborate to produce a policy framework paper which will identify Mozambique's macroeconomic and structural policy objectives, Mozambique's strategy to achieve them, and the associated financing requirements, during the fourth year of its ESAF programme. The details of discussions between fund and bank staff of a member's policies are confidential to them.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will list all categories of public service employees who will receive pay rises above 1.5 per cent. in the current year; and what are the percentage rises in each case.

The Government expect pay in the public sector in 1994–95 to be considered in accordance with the approach which my right hon. and learned Friend the Chancellor announced in his statement of 14 September 1993 and which he confirmed in the Budget. I expect that public sector groups will be subject to a variety of pay settlements.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will list all the regulatory bodies set up since 1979 to regulate industries or public services which have been privatised since that date; and if he will set out in each case how much it costs to run and how many people it employs.

The relevant bodies and their planned cost and staff numbers for 1994–95 are as follows:

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what was the involvement of the Chief Secretary to the Treasury in the appointment of Lowe Bell Communications as consultants for the D-day commemoration.

None.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will list the individual components of the retail prices index; what are the prices for each item in the latest monthly survey; and what were the corresponding figures (a) 12 months and (b) 24 months earlier.

A list of the price indicators used for the retail prices index was published in the April 1993 Retail Prices Index Business Monitor MM23. A new list will be published shortly.The purpose of the RPI is to measure price change rather than price levels. For many of the items, which are heterogeneous, the data are not suitable for the calculation of average prices.Those average prices that can be calculated are published in the RPI Business Monitor MM23 since February 1993 and also in the

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will set out the assumption made at the Edinburgh summit with regard to increases in own resources related to cohesion and other aspects; and if he will set out the extent to which those assumptions have been fulfilled.

[holding answer 26 April 1994]:The Edinburgh European Council agreed the following own resources ceilings:

Own resources ceiling (percentage of European Community GNP)
Year	Percentage
1993	1·20
1994	1·20
1995	1·21
1996	1·22
1997	1·24
1998	1·26
1999	1·27

The own resources ceiling is an upper limit on the Community's own resources, not a target. The ceilings for 1995 to 1999 will be included in a new own resources decision, which will be put before the House for approval once a text has been agreed by the Council of Ministers.

To ask the President of the Board of Trade on what date the Under-Secretary of State for Corporate Affairs visited Rio; what weapons he was attempting to sell; which country he was attempting to sell them to; and which companies he was assisting.

I have made no ministerial visits to Brazil.

To ask the President of the Board of Trade for how many regular publications he was responsible in 1993–94 or the latest year for which figures are available; what was their circulation; and how many were obtainable by subscription.

The Department publishes a regular "Guide for Business" available free on request to United Kingdom firms with a current print run of 75,000 and the yearly "Expenditure Plans" report—DTI's annual report—which is a sale publication via Her Majesty's Stationery Office. Two regular magazines are also distributed free of charge: "Overseas Trade" with a circulation of 32,000, with copies available to exporting firms, and "Review" with a circulation of 30,000 and available to those interested in renewable energy.A number of other annual reports, regular bulletins and newsletters on various business, energy and consumer issues are published. A comprehensive list is not held centrally but some of the main publications are listed in the "Guide for Business" and the "Expenditure Plans" report.

To ask the President of the Board of Trade when he expect to respond to the consultation exercise on the late payment of company invoices.

The late payment of commercial debt consultation concluded on 31 March 1994. A decision will be announced as soon as possible.

To ask the President of the Board of Trade what was the level of employment in whole-time equivalents in each of his Department's laboratories and agencies in each of the last three years and at the latest available date.

The information requested is set out in the table.

Number of permanent staff (whole-time equivalent)
	April 1991	April 1992	April 1993	April 1994
Accounts Services Agency	86	88·5	88·5	91
Companies House	1,081·5	1,093	983·5	967
Insolvency Service	1,483·5	1,549	1,572·5	1,600
Laboratory of the Government Chemist	340	330·5	313·5	301

To ask the President of the Board of Trade what provisions he has made for the substantial restructuring costs indicated by his consultants' review of DTI research laboratories; and where that provision will be found in his Department's accounts.

Following the answer given to my hon. Friend the Member for Twickenham (Mr. Jessel) on 14 April, Official Report, columns 251–53, in respect of my Department's research laboratories, the process of restructuring the Laboratory of the Government Chemist, the National Engineering Laboratory and the National Physical Laboratory has now started. The financial provision that each laboratory will require for restructuring has yet to be finalised. The relevant sums will be published in my Department's Supply Estimates class IV vote 1 in due course.

To ask the President of the Board of Trade what effect the increase in the nominal exchange rate against the lira and the peseta since February 1993 has had on the profitability of condom manufacture in the United Kingdom; and if he will publish the increase in producer prices in terms of the ecu in (a) the United Kingdom, (b) Italy and (c) Spain since February 1993 to the latest available date.

Since February 1993, the nominal exchange rate of the lira against the pound has increased by 9 per cent. and the nominal exchange rate of the peseta against the pound has increased by 22 per cent. The Department is not in a position to assess the effect of exchange rate changes on the profitability of condom manufacture in the United Kingdom. Changes in producer prices in terms of the ecu can be readily derived from "Industrial Trends Monthly Statistics", published by EuroStat, copies of which are available in the Library of the House.

To ask the President of the Board of Trade what plans he has to order an investigation into the fare structure and prices charged for United Kingdom internal air flights.

Such investigations are a matter for the Civil Aviation Authority, and any concerns that the hon. Member has should be referred to the authority.

To ask the President of the Board of Trade if he will amend the regulations relating to pyramid selling to encompass all companies involved in transactions away from business premises.

The Pyramid Selling Schemes Regulations are irrelevant to many transactions carried out away from business premises, including sales by a company where the sales force consists of its employees.

To ask the President of the Board of Trade if he will amend the regulations regarding pyramid selling to provide an unlimited right for participants to return goods for a full refund regardless of condition within 90 days from commencement of their business.

No. Such a right would impose unwarranted compliance costs on trading which is subject to the regulations. This would put this method of trading at an unjustified competitive disadvantage.

To ask the President of the Board of Trade (1) if he will bring forward legislation to outlaw any business scheme of pyramid selling requiring payments purely for the benefit of registration where there is no supply of goods and services to consumers outside the scheme;(2) if he will bring forward proposals to enable trading standards officers to be responsible for enforcement of regulations regarding pyramid selling.

I have, at present, no plans to amend the Fair Trading Act 1973 in this way.

To ask the President of the Board of Trade what representations he has received about the limit of purchases by those involved in pyramid selling within the first seven days of business.

Although this was not raised by anyone in response to our deregulation consultation over this legislation, I have since received one such representation. In addition, I have had many representations on behalf of one company that considers this limit to be ineffective in providing protection to participants.

To ask the President of the Board of Trade what criteria will be used to select members of the coal authority; when he will announce members of this body; and if he will make a statement.

The Coal Industry Bill, which provides for the establishment of the Coal Authority, would require my right hon. Friend the President of the Board of Trade, in appointing members of the Coal Authority, to have regard to the desirability of appointing people with experience of, and who have shown capacity in, matters relevant to the authority's functions. My right hon. Friend would hope to indicate in the coming weeks who he would have it in mind to appoint in due course.

To ask the President of the Board of Trade what agreement has been reached between the Government and the trustees of the British Coal pension schemes on future arrangements for pensions from these schemes after privatisation.

Comprehensive agreements have been reached between the Government and the trustees of the mineworkers' pension scheme and the British Coal staff superannuation scheme on future arrangements for the MPS and SSS after the privatisation of British Coal. The main elements of the agreement are as follows:

(i) all pensioners and deferred pensioners of the MPS and SSS and all contributing members will be able to leave their past-service entitlements in the scheme at privatisation, if they so choose; the MPS and SSS will be closed to new members at privatisation and the new private-sector owners of the industry will not participate in the schemes;

(ii) the schemes will be given a Government solvency guarantee that will ensure that pensions and deferred pensions are increased annually after privatisation in line with the retail price index by reference to their level at privatisation; MPS and SSS beneficiaries will in addition be able to benefit from any fund surpluses through bonus enhancements over and above RPI-linked levels; surpluses after 31 March 1994, and bonus enhancements paid from them, will not be guaranteed by the Government but the Government will guarantee that, in the event of a deficiency in the MPS or SSS which results in bonus enhancements being reduced, pensions—RPI-linked pension plus bonus enhancement—will not fall in cash terms;

(iii) an investment reserve will be established in each scheme fund on which the first call will be made if a deficiency arises; the reserve will comprise British Coal's unused shares of the September 1993 surplus in the MPS and of the April 1992 surplus in the SSS; the investment reserve will therefore act as a measure of protection for bonus augmentations; the first use of any surplus following a deficiency will be to make up the investment reserve to the level that it would have been at had no deficiency payment been made;

(iv) the investment reserve will be run down over a period of not less than 25 years by transfers to the Government as guarantor; at each valuation the scheme actuary will recommend the level of reserve to be maintained, taking prudent account of total liabilities and the smooth running of fund management, and the scale of any transfer; it is likely that transfers will be skewed towards the second half of the period; and individual transfer could be spread, on the advice of the scheme actuary, over a period of three years;

(v) scheme beneficiaries and the Government as guarantor, will receive equal shares of any distributable surpluses from valuations after 31 March 1994; any share of such a surplus that becomes payable to the Government will be receivable in equal instalments over 10 years; deficiency payments due under the guarantee will also be payable over ten years;

(iv) existing obligations on British Coal to make additional contributions in respect of early and enhanced pensions will be honoured in full by the Government;

(vii) there will normally be triennial valuations of the schemes and if a valuation subsequent to a deficiency reveals a surplus, or vice versa, there will be a settling of balances before further payments by or to Government are determined, including a safeguard to ensure that beneficiaries and Government have received equal shares of any surplus distribution;

(viii) the Government will propose amendments to the Coal Industry Bill, currently under consideration in another place, which would make the Secretary of State's powers to modify the MPS and SSS subject to a time limit of two years from the commencement of the solvency guarantee and would focus the Secretary of State's powers to direct the trustees on the twin objectives of avoiding and minimising fund deficiencies and maximising the potential for fund surpluses.

The agreement will necessitate amendments to the draft modified MPS and SSS schemes and rules and draft MPS and SSS guarantee deeds that have been placed in the Library of the House.As a result of the restructuring and closure of the MPS and SSS it will be necessary to review the schemes' investment strategy. The appropriate strategy for the modified schemes will be developed by the trustees, in consultation with Government, in the light of advice from the schemes' actuary and from their investment advisers. The aim of the investment strategy review will be to achieve a strategy which reflects the twin objectives of minimising the risk and extent of a call on the guarantee and maximising investment returns.I know that the MPS and SSS trustees attach particular importance to understanding how the Secretary of State might use the powers that the Coal Industry Bill would confer on him to secure that the trustees take account of the twin objectives of minimising the risk and extent of a call on the guarantee and maximising investment returns. I can assure the trustees that the Secretary of State, as guarantor, would only expect to exercise the powers conferred on him under the schemes to intervene in the day-to-day management of the scheme funds in the most exceptional circumstances. Any use of his powers would, therefore, normally only arise in the context of strategic investment policy or strategic investment decisions. He would intend only to use his powers in circumstances—which one hopes would be rare—where he considers it is necessary to do so to secure either of the twin objectives of minimising the risk and extent of calls on the guarantee or maximising surpluses. The schemes will also provide that he would, in any event, only exercise his powers after consultation with the trustees, unless in exceptional circumstances such consultation is impractical. The Secretary of State would also consult the trustees before changing the policy stated above. It may assist the trustees if I also point out that this of course does not preclude the Secretary of State having regard to other factors including the interests of beneficiaries to the extent that he considers appropriate.There has been concern about the appointment of "Government" trustees, including the chairman, to the modified MPS and SSS. I should therefore like to confirm that the Government-appointed trustees will act as normal trustees, guided by their fiduciary duties. I should also like to make clear that future chairmen of the modified MPS and SSS will not be Crown servants or members of the schemes and will be appointed by the Secretary of State only after consultation with the respective trustees. In practice, no proposed chairman will be acceptable unless supported by a clear majority of the trustees.I am pleased to announce that the Government intend to offer the current chairmen of the MPS and SSS, Mr. James Cowan and Sir Norman Siddall, re-appointment as chairmen for the first six months of operation of the modified schemes. I believe that their acceptance would greatly assist the transition to the new arrangements and would provide considerable reassurance to scheme members.The arrangements outlined here concern the future of the past service pension entitlements in the MPS and SSS of employees and former employees of British Coal and its subsidiaries. The Coal Industry Bill also provides for the creation of two new industry-wide pension schemes, one following on from the MPS and one from the SSS, for the future service entitlements of employees of British Coal and it subsidiaries who are transferred to employment in successor companies. The Government's proposals for these new industry-wide schemes, including protected person status for transferred employees, are not affected by the arrangements set out in this answer.

To ask the President of the Board of Trade what position Harold Bolter currently holds for British Nuclear Fuels plc.

None.

To ask the President of the Board of Trade what advice he has received from the Director General of Fair Trading concerning any reference to the Monopolies and Mergers Commission on the takeover of Yorkshire Rider by Badgerline; and if he will make a statement.

My right hon. Friend the President of the Board of Trade has not received any advice from the Director General of Fair Trading on the proposed acquisition by Badgerline of Yorkshire Rider. The DGFT's view on the information he has received is that the transaction does not appear to qualify for investigation by the Monopolies and Mergers Commission under the mergers provisions of the Fair Trading Act 1973.

To ask the President of the Board of Trade what is his estimate of the re-equipment costs, in actual and marginal terms, to the consumer of replacing existing analogue television sets and video recorders resulting from any Government decision to compel a move from analogue terrestrial television broadcasting to a digital system.

[holding answer 26 April 1994]:There has been no decision to compel a move from analogue terrestrial television broadcasting to digital systems. Neither is any form of compulsion on consumers envisaged for the future. The last precedent of a change of TV standard was the 405-line to 625-line change. This was achieved by natural replacement of television sets. Studies are being undertaken by the Radiocommunications Agency to see whether enough frequency channels exist to allow near national coverage of a digital terrestrial broadcasting service sometime in the future. This would be a prerequisite for eventually being able to switch off the analogue television networks. But in the short to medium term any move to digital terrestrial broadcasting is likely to be an opportunity both for broadcasters and viewers and not a requirement. As such there are no costs falling on consumers from compelling a move from analogue to digital. The United Kingdom network and consumer equipment market for digital video broadcasting is expected to be worth £5 billion to £10 billion over 15 years.

To ask the President of the Board of Trade if he will list at current prices the total amount of funds which England received from the European Union structural fund in each year since 1979.

[holding answer 26 April 1994]:There are no comprehensive figures for allocations to England from the structural funds, as the European agricultural guidance and guarantee fund, guidance section, and parts of the European social fund are not allocated regionally. Allocations to England from the European regional development fund have been:

Year	£ million, current prices
1979	58
1980	80
1981	74
1982	114
1983	112
1984	197
1985	195
1986	190
1987	230
1988	172
1989	151
1990	208
1991	199
1992	296
1993	310

To ask the President of the Board of Trade if he will list at current prices the total amount of funds available under each of the European structural funds for each year since 1979.

[holding answer 26 April 1994]: The total amounts allocated from each of the structural funds from 1979 to 1993 have been as follows:

Total EC structural funds allocations
Million ecu, current prices
Year	ERDF	ESF	EAGGF	Total structural funds
1979	962	775	460	2,197
1980	1,138	1,015	625	2,778
1981	1,637	996	721	3,354
1982	1,845	1,510	757	4,112
1983	2,127	1,878	866	4,871
1984	2,383	1,854	796	5,033
1985	2,495	2,189	853	5,537
1986	3,328	2,523	854	6,705
1987	3,662	3,524	941	8,127
1988	3,827	2,871	1,180	7,878
1989	4,666	3,478	1,462	9,606
1990	5,227	3,505	1,925	10,657
1991	7,162	4,787	2,640	14,589
1992	8,903	5,881	3,471	18,255
1993	10,437	6,408	3,769	20,614

To ask the President of the Board of Trade, pursuant to his answer of 13 April, Official Report, column 171, if he will list the Community initiatives under which European funds have been made available since 1989.

[holding answer 26 April 1994]: Community structural funds initiatives launched since 1989 have been ENVIREG, INTERREG, PRISMA, RECHAR, REGEN, REGIS, STRIDE, TELEMATIQUE, LEADER, EUROFORM, NOW, HORIZON, RETEX and KONVER.

To ask the President of the Board of Trade what budgets have been allocated for each of the European Community initiatives launched since 1989.

[holding answer 26 April 1994]: Allocations to each of the Community initiatives launched since 1989 have been:

Community initiatives	million ecu, 1994 prices
ENVIREG	590
INTERREG	970
PRISMA	120
RECHAR	390
REGEN	390
REGIS	280
STRIDE	480
TELEMATIQUE	240
LEADER	470
EUROFORM	300
NOW	148
HORIZON	220
RETEX	100
KONVER	130

To ask the President of the Board of Trade on how many occasions he has used his power to overturn appointments recommended by the regulators of utilities or other non-elected public bodies over the last five years.

[holding answer 25 April 1994]: My right hon. Friend the President of the Board of Trade does not have powers to overturn these appointments. Where regulators and others are required to consult the President of the Board of Trade, they do so, and take account of the response. The question of overturning appointments does not therefore arise.

To ask the Prime Minister (1) who maintains the inventory of state property at Downing street;(2) who is the appointed auditor responsible as part of his duties for checking the Downing street inventory; when the inventory was last checked; and what was the result of that check.

There is no single inventory of state property at No. 10. Separate inventories are maintained for differing purposes. Those responsible for maintaining them are also responsible for making periodic checks of the items against inventory. Cabinet Office internal auditors are free to check the inventories at any time they wish.

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster how many civil servants who have been the subject of adverse published reports have been dismissed during the past 12 months.

Civil servants, like other employees, can be dismissed only if personal culpability is established in the course of properly constituted disciplinary or criminal proceedings. A number of such proceedings have resulted in dismissal during the last 12 months, although details are not held centrally and I am not aware of any such civil servants who have been named in adverse published reports.

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster when the first Forward Look of Government-funded science, engineering and technology will be published.

The first Forward Look of Government-funded science, engineering and technology is being published today. I have arranged for copies to be placed in the Libraries of both Houses. I am also placing in the Libraries copies of the advice we have received from outside bodies on the Forward Look.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will clarify the London fire and civil defence authority's proposals for reducing the effect of diesel exhaust emissions from fire appliances turning out from Leytonstone fire station on that fire station's personnel.

I am informed by the chief fire officer that provision has been made in the minor improvements programme for 1994–95 for the staircase at Leytonstone fire station to be altered and enclosed.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will state by police authority in England (a) the cost of police per unit D of council tax, (b) the number of police per square mile and (c) expenditure per head of population.

The information is given in the table. Police coverage by area is normally expressed as hectares per officer.

Cost of police per unit D of council tax, hectares covered per police officer and expenditure on the police per head of population
Police force	Cost per unit D of council tax1 (£)	Hectares covered per officer2	Expenditure per head of population3 (£)
Avon and Somerset	263	155	90
Bedfordshire	268	105	89
Cambridgeshire	265	275	86
Cheshire	245	121	83
Cleveland	395	39	113
Cumbria	317	574	103
Derbyshire	273	142	85
Devon and Cornwall	254	351	89
Dorset	238	204	91
Durham	330	175	92
Essex	254	122	91
Gloucestershire	273	223	98
Greater Manchester	397	18	116
Hampshire	236	127	83
Hertfordshire	223	88	87
Humberside	347	173	100

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what plans he has to require criminals convicted of murder or serious physical offences against police officers to be sentenced to a fixed period of imprisonment to which only special limited rules of remission would apply; and if he will make a statement.

Life imprisonment is already the mandatory sentence for murder of a police officer. There are no plans to introduce mandatory sentences for other offences committed against police officers or to introduce special release arrangements for offenders convicted of such offences.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if the prison governor and doctor are always informed when a prisoner is put into physical restraint; and if he will make a statement.

Responsibility for this matter has been delegated to the Director General of the Prison Service, who has been asked to arrange for a reply to be given.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many (a) male and (b) female officers there were in each constabulary and at each rank per constabulary in England and Wales in (i) 1980, (ii) 1985, (iii) 1990 and (iv) 1993.

Table 1 Police service in England and Wales Strength for ordinary duty return for 31 December 1990 Male ranks
Police force name	Chief Constable	Deputy Chief	Assistant Chief	Chief Superintendent	Superintendent	Chief Inspector	Inspector	Sergeant	Constable	Total Male ranks	Total police ranks
Avon and Somerset	1	1	3	13	38	67	149	463	2,034	2,769	3,059
Bedfordshire	1	1	1	5	15	20	50	138	689	920	1,064
Cambridgeshire	1	1	1	5	12	24	59	189	772	1,064	1,186
Cheshire	1	1	2	6	22	33	105	270	1,235	1,675	1,898
City of London	1	1	1	6	11	20	53	118	494	705	796
Cleveland	1	1	2	6	17	26	86	230	959	1,328	1,485
Cumbria	1	1	1	7	19	24	69	188	749	1,059	1,189
Derbyshire	1	1	2	7	25	33	92	251	1,155	1,567	1,751
Devon and Cornwall	1	1	2	13	35	47	131	446	1,910	2,586	2,867
Dorset	1	1	1	5	16	22	69	187	826	1,128	1,272
Durham	1	1	2	4	17	28	78	209	913	1,253	1,364
Essex	1	1	3	11	31	59	122	423	1,911	2,562	2,884
Gloucestershire	1	1	1	6	14	20	56	165	786	1,050	1,158
Greater Manchester	1	1	6	26	92	127	395	1,024	4,458	6,130	7,010
Hampshire	1	1	3	11	36	53	132	466	2,146	2,849	3,170
Hertfordshire	1	1	2	7	22	31	87	240	1,032	1,423	1,659
Humberside	1	1	2	8	23	36	106	312	1,341	1,830	1,989
Kent	1	1	3	12	36	46	171	413	1,934	2,617	2,988
Lancashire	1	1	3	13	39	72	159	507	2,065	2,860	3,199
Leicestershire	1	1	1	7	22	30	102	274	1,141	1,579	1,784
Lincolnshire	1	1	0	4	10	24	64	194	788	1,086	1,205
Merseyside	1	1	3	18	60	79	256	727	2,967	4,112	4,679
Metropolitan Police	6	14	31	153	249	502	1,428	4,181	18,046	24,610	28,152
Norfolk	1	1	1	6	17	22	65	194	972	1,279	1,394
Northamptonshire	1	1	1	6	13	22	71	165	752	1,032	1,144
Northumbria	1	1	3	13	49	61	189	508	2,361	3,186	3,528
North Yorkshire	1	1	2	7	14	25	76	203	917	1,246	1,379
Nottinghamshire	1	1	2	8	28	32	128	329	1,604	2,133	2,342
South Yorkshire	1	1	3	11	38	43	163	440	1,964	2,664	2,984
Staffordshire	1	1	2	11	31	49	121	328	1,367	1,911	2,193
Suffolk	1	1	1	6	17	18	56	177	795	1,072	1,195
Surrey	1	1	2	7	22	24	90	244	1,055	1,446	1,654
Sussex	1	1	3	10	32	39	175	441	1,984	2,686	2,984
Thames Valley	1	1	3	11	35	47	174	481	2,461	3,214	3,706
Warwickshire	1	1	0	5	14	16	61	155	651	904	1,014
West Mercia	1	1	2	11	27	40	126	290	1,277	1,775	2,022
West Midlands	1	1	4	25	78	118	375	1,034	4,256	5,892	6,881
West Yorkshire	1	1	5	19	69	79	279	793	3,416	4,662	5,276
Wiltshire	1	1	1	6	16	24	58	182	752	1,041	1,157
Dyfed Powys	1	1	1	7	13	21	36	152	615	847	936
Gwent	1	1	1	5	14	17	46	154	668	907	1,001
North Wales	1	1	2	7	25	27	66	203	868	1,200	1,339
South Wales	1	1	3	14	39	62	175	528	2,028	2,851	3,123
Total all forces	48	56	118	548	1,452	2,209	6,549	18,616	81,114	110,710	125,060

Police service in England and Wales Strength for ordinary duty return for 31 December 1990 Female ranks
Police force name	Chief Constable	Deputy Chief	Assistant Chief	Chief Superintendent	Superintendent	Chief Inspector	Inspector	Sergeant	Constable	Total female ranks	Total police ranks
Avon and Somerset	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	12	273	290	3,059
Bedfordshire	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	8	132	144	1,064
Cambrideshire	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	5	115	122	1,186
Cheshire	0	0	0	0	1	2	2	22	196	223	1,898
City of London	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	10	78	91	796
Cleveland	0	0	0	0	1	1	8	7	140	157	1,485
Cumbria	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	125	130	1,189
Derbyshire	0	0	0	0	1	2	8	6	167	184	1,751
Devon and Cornwall	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	14	263	281	2,867
Dorset	0	0	0	1	1	0	3	7	132	144	1,272
Durham	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	4	105	111	1,364
Essex	0	0	0	0	1	0	7	23	291	322	2,884
Gloucestershire	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	105	108	1,158
Greater Manchester	0	0	0	1	0	4	13	47	815	880	7,010
Hampshire	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	12	305	321	3,170

Information for 1990 and 1993 is provided in tables 1 and 2. Information for 1980 and 1985 in the form requested could be provided only at disproportionate cost. Tables 3 and 4 show police strength by rank for those years. Information on overall proportions of male and female officers in each force is contained in the annual reports of Her Majesty's Chief Inspector of Constabulary, copies of which are in the Library.