Police Numbers

Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Home Department – in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 24 June 1993.

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Photo of Charles Wardle Charles Wardle , Bexhill and Battle 12:00, 24 June 1993

My hon. Friend is right. In addition to the statistics that he has just provided, I am sure that he will bear in mind the fact that, since 1979, almost 15,000 more civilian posts have been created and about 6,600 uniformed officers have been released for beat duties as a result of the civilianisation process.

It must be up to chief officers to decide how to deploy their resources. The House will understand that I cannot speculate about the White Paper, but some pointers were provided in the statement on 23 March. I can assure the House that the theme of the White Paper will be partnership between the police and public, and locally based and locally organised policing—so much was clear from the statement.