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Mr. Wellbeloved
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will state the number of serving police officers in the Metropolitan Police Force who will have completed 25 years' service and be eligible for retirement in each of the following years, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976 and 1977.
Mr. Sharples
The number of male police officers in the Metropolitan Police who will complete 25 years service in each of these years is as follows:
| 1971 | 950* |
| 1972 | 937 |
| 1973 | 774 |
| 1974 | 536 |
| 1975 | 698 |
| 1976 | 464 |
| 1977 | 743 |
| * Including those who have already completed 25 years service. | |