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01 January 1991

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Police Manpower
artdoc May=1991
House of Commons written answer 5.12.89 Cols-174-5

Mrs. Gorman: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home
Department what is the proportion of police to public in Essex;
and what is the comparable figure for other counties.

Mr. Peter Lloyd: Information on population per police
officer is as follows:

Force Population per
police officer

Avon and Somerset 460
Bedfordshire 508
Cambridgeshire 544
Cheshire 512
Cleveland 371
Cumbria 423
Derbyshire 515
Devon and Cornwall 521
Dorset 522
Durham 434
Dyfed-Powys 495
Essex 521
Gloucestershire 453
Greater Manchester 369
Gwent 442
Hampshire 531
Hertfordshire 508
Humberside 427
Kent 512
Lancashire 436
Leicestershire 503
Lincolnshire 493
Merseyside 308
Norfolk 546
Northamptonshire 508
Northumbria 408
North Wales 486
North Yorkshire 516
Nottinghamshire 435
South Wales 415
South Yorkshire 434
Staffordshire 472
Suffolk 539
Surrey 452
Sussex 482
Thames Valley 540
Warwickshire 489
West Mercia 538
West Midlands 383
West Yorkshire 391
Wiltshire 513
Average provincial forces
City of London 5
Metropolitan 253
Average England and Wales 404
The figures are calculated on the basis of mid-1988
population figures and authorised establishments of
forces at 1 April 1989.

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