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Police: Resignations

Volume 497: debated on Thursday 22 October 2009

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many (a) male and (b) female police officers in each police force area (i) resigned and (ii) were dismissed in each year since 2002. (294182)

The available data have been collected since 2002-03 and are given in the following table:

Police officer dismissals and resignations by police force and gender (full-time equivalent)1, 2002-03 to 2008-/092

2002-033

2003-04

2004-05

Police Officer Voluntary Resignations

Police Officer Dismissals

Police Officer Voluntary Resignations

Police Officer Dismissals

Police Officer Voluntary Resignations

Police Officer Dismissals

Fore name

Male

Female

Male

Female

Male

Female

Male

Female

Male

Female

Male

Female

Avon and Somerset

8

3

1

n/a

42

10

3

0

30

10

4

1

Bedfordshire

19

3

2

0

30

9

0

0

24

11

4

0

Cambridgeshire

13

9

3

1

20

3

2

0

24

10

4

0

Cheshire

8

2

2

0

14

7

0

0

17

9

2

0

Cleveland

3

0

3

2

19

4

2

1

16

4

4

0

Cumbria

3

6

1

1

5

6

1

0

11

4

0

0

Derbyshire

11

3

4

0

15

6

2

1

15

5

0

0

Devon and Cornwall

16

6

6

1

9

4

2

1

20

12

3

0

Dorset

10

1

2

0

14

4

1

0

14

6

3

0

Durham

2

2

0

0

14

5

0

1

9

10

1

0

Essex

9

3

n/a

n/a

23

13

2

1

50

16

1

1

Gloucestershire

6

4

n/a

n/a

8

8

2

0

12

4

0

0

Greater Manchester

31

12

3

0

97

29

11

0

84

44

4

1

Hampshire

25

10

3

0

51

17

5

1

33

14

4

1

Hertfordshire

25

3

3

0

45

11

4

0

40

15

1

1

Humberside

9

11

0

1

22

7

3

n/a

28

8

0

0

Kent

23

14

0

0

61

11

1

0

47

13

0

0

Lancashire

13

4

5

1

22

6

4

1

33

10

1

1

Leicestershire

11

9

0

0

27

8

0

1

25

11

1

0

Lincolnshire

6

4

0

0

10

6

1

0

16

3

0

0

London, City of

17

2

1

0

10

2

0

0

10

1

0

1

Merseyside

15

8

2

1

20

14

6

1

31

7

8

1

Metropolitan Police

377

75

18

1

425

127

23

-1

326

96

31

1

Norfolk

6

3

0

1

5

5

1

0

11

2

2

0

Northamptonshire

7

2

0

0

15

11

2

0

16

14

0

0

Northumbria

26

9

1

2

20

9

6

0

25

9

2

0

North Yorkshire

9

2

0

0

12

3

3

n/a

10

8

0

0

Nottinghamshire

9

3

1

0

10

3

1

0

21

4

1

0

South Yorkshire

22

14

3

0

37

10

1

0

38

19

0

0

Staffordshire

5

2

0

1

21

6

5

1

31

12

3

0

Suffolk

9

5

1

0

19

9

1

1

16

10

3

0

Surrey

22

5

0

0

21

13

5

2

26

6

2

0

Sussex

30

5

0

0

79

46

4

2

82

30

2

0

Thames Valley

50

14

2

2

52

20

1

0

72

28

1

0

Warwickshire

13

1

1

0

14

5

2

0

7

8

2

0

West Mercia

15

3

0

0

20

7

3

1

14

7

2

0

West Midlands

56

33

11

0

79

29

4

0

86

33

13

5

West Yorkshire

20

14

6

0

28

18

5

1

48

24

2

0

Wiltshire

12

6

2

1

9

9

0

0

16

9

1

0

Dyfed-Powys

4

1

1

0

7

2

1

n/a

12

5

1

0

Gwent

0

1

1

0

9

6

0

0

11

6

2

0

North Wales

7

0

0

0

15

7

0

0

9

8

1

0

South Wales

13

7

0

3

18

3

4

0

13

5

2

1

Total

995

321

89

19

1,491

535

124

16

1,476

566

118

15

2005-062006-07

Police Officer Voluntary Resignations

Police Officer Dismissals

Police Officer Voluntary Resignations

Police Officer Dismissals

Fore name

Male

Female

Male

Female

Male

Female

Male

Female

Avon and Somerset

54

23

3

1

27

8

1

0

Bedfordshire

20

5

0

0

15

8

5

0

Cambridgeshire

19

7

2

0

17

11

1

0

Cheshire

28

9

3

0

15

9

4

0

Cleveland

19

5

3

0

16

9

0

0

Cumbria

7

4

1

1

9

8

0

0

Derbyshire

13

7

3

0

36

5

3

2

Devon and Cornwall

35

9

0

0

21

14

4

0

Dorset

14

8

2

1

15

4

2

1

Durham

11

4

1

0

9

7

0

0

Essex

62

17

8

1

63

18

5

0

Gloucestershire

17

2

2

0

10

10

2

0

Greater Manchester

152

34

16

5

122

37

3

3

Hampshire

42

22

5

1

34

15

0

1

Hertfordshire

43

12

2

0

43

20

1

1

Humberside

21

10

4

0

23

11

2

0

Kent

48

17

2

1

35

14

1

0

Lancashire

12

14

2

1

22

10

6

0

Leicestershire

33

12

3

0

20

7

2

0

Lincolnshire

11

9

0

0

13

3

3

0

London, City of

8

3

0

0

7

4

0

1

Merseyside

70

13

10

0

47

14

1

0

Metropolitan Police

258

79

24

4

429

102

29

2

Norfolk

15

7

0

1

15

9

1

0

Northamptonshire

14

10

1

0

14

5

2

1

Northumbria

27

11

1

1

35

13

8

0

North Yorkshire

12

5

2

0

24

8

0

0

Nottinghamshire

9

5

1

0

21

7

2

0

South Yorkshire

29

11

2

2

30

9

0

0

Staffordshire

19

5

2

0

16

6

5

1

Suffolk

11

3

4

0

9

3

2

0

Surrey

24

13

4

1

32

14

7

3

Sussex

56

26

4

1

51

24

5

0

Thames Valley

91

40

7

1

53

33

4

1

Warwickshire

10

2

2

0

9

9

0

0

West Mercia

11

8

2

2

27

11

1

0

West Midlands

95

42

7

1

79

27

22

4

West Yorkshire

53

36

5

0

45

20

3

0

Wiltshire

20

6

0

0

9

7

1

0

Dyfed-Powys

8

4

3

0

6

2

0

0

Gwent

16

4

1

2

13

3

1

0

North Wales

22

5

3

0

16

7

1

0

South Wales

22

7

2

1

33

6

1

0

Total

1,559

575

149

29

1,581

569

141

20

2007-082008-09

Police Officer Voluntary Resignations

Police Officer Dismissals

Police Officer Voluntary Resignations

Police Officer Dismissals

Fore name

Male

Female

Male

Female

Male

Female

Male

Female

Avon and Somerset

35

13

1

0

17

11

2

1

Bedfordshire

20

11

1

0

24

1

3

0

Cambridgeshire

9

3

1

3

18

7

0

0

Cheshire

11

6

3

0

10

7

2

0

Cleveland

15

8

2

0

15

4

3

0

Cumbria

5

6

0

1

13

8

0

1

Derbyshire

31

8

4

0

29

5

4

0

Devon and Cornwall

29

9

2

0

25

12

2

0

Dorset

20

6

2

0

11

3

1

1

Durham

15

4

1

0

10

6

2

0

Essex

59

14

1

0

37

17

2

2

Gloucestershire

13

5

0

0

9

3

0

1

Greater Manchester

98

39

4

4

63

34

7

0

Hampshire

30

16

5

0

31

14

2

2

Hertfordshire

35

15

3

1

21

13

5

0

Humberside

31

10

2

0

29

7

2

0

Kent

42

15

4

0

42

15

1

1

Lancashire

24

10

7

1

18

6

6

0

Leicestershire

38

16

5

2

23

12

2

0

Lincolnshire

12

4

0

0

12

3

0

0

London, City of

12

5

1

1

4

1

0

0

Merseyside

29

12

11

2

34

13

9

1

Metropolitan Police

278

82

22

1

295

88

16

3

Norfolk

11

5

1

0

26

6

3

2

Northamptonshire

14

11

1

1

11

8

4

0

Northumbria

34

12

7

2

40

8

4

0

North Yorkshire

17

14

2

0

19

9

2

0

Nottinghamshire

18

5

2

0

19

6

1

0

South Yorkshire

29

11

0

0

21

9

1

0

Staffordshire

18

6

6

2

16

6

0

1

Suffolk

17

6

2

0

20

11

2

0

Surrey

28

19

4

1

34

18

3

1

Sussex

56

20

0

1

40

20

2

0

Thames Valley

49

29

4

0

29

22

5

3

Warwickshire

17

3

1

0

6

3

1

0

West Mercia

21

11

0

0

21

7

1

0

West Midlands

62

30

11

5

83

26

7

1

West Yorkshire

60

25

6

2

49

24

5

1

Wiltshire

19

9

0

0

23

6

0

0

Dyfed-Powys

10

2

2

1

4

5

2

1

Gwent

17

7

5

1

18

4

2

0

North Wales

10

6

0

0

10

4

0

0

South Wales

68

12

2

0

73

15

1

1

Total

1,461

559

138

32

1,351

504

117

24

1 Full-time equivalent figures that have been rounded to the nearest whole number. Because of rounding, there may be an apparent discrepancy between totals and the sums of the constituent items. Data have not previously been published in this format therefore totals may not match totals found in the published data.

2 Financial year runs 1 April to 31 March inclusive. Comparable data are not available prior to 2002-03.

3 Excludes quarters 1, 2 and 3, as data are not available.