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Police: Retirements

Volume 686: debated on Tuesday 7 November 2006

asked Her Majesty's Government:

How many police officers by constabulary area in England and Wales retired on grounds of ill health in each of the past five years for which figures are available.[HL7902]

The available data are contained in the attached table.

Police Officer Medical Retirements1 (FTE)2 by Force from 2000-01 to 2004-053

Police Force

2000-01

2001-02

2002-03

2003-04

2004-05

Avon & Somerset

42

42

34

10

16

Bedfordshire

18

8

7

1

3

Cambridgeshire

11

10

8

4

1

Cheshire

22

22

25

15

11

City of London

9

8

4

8

4

Cleveland

9

21

11

11

11

Cumbria

24

7

7

4

3

Derbyshire

12

9

12

2

9

Devon & Cornwall

15

19

9

6

9

Dorset

12

10

3

9

4

Durham

8

15

11

6

7

Dyfed-Powys

14

13

11

7

9

Essex

34

32

21

16

13

Gloucestershire

7

10

13

5

2

Greater Manchester

110

57

33

10

14

Gwent

16

24

22

8

13

Hampshire

17

19

11

11

8

Hertfordshire

13

8

7

3

1

Humberside

20

11

10

2

10

Kent

29

38

21

9

6

Lancashire

30

39

22

13

11

Leicestershire

28

7

9

6

8

Lincolnshire

4

3

10

3

7

Merseyside

47

58

51

25

25

Metropolitan Police

225

219

150

60

64

Norfolk

10

16

13

6

10

Northamptonshire

8

6

3

3

3

Northumbria

28

33

21

9

4

North Wales

31

20

14

6

7

North Yorkshire

37

16

9

8

8

Nottinghamshire

16

14

16

12

15

South Wales

76

50

33

14

8

South Yorkshire

30

30

17

12

3

Staffordshire

9

24

22

14

13

Suffolk

14

13

12

8

3

Surrey

18

24

12

10

6

Sussex

16

16

9

4

12

Thames Valley

20

17

29

17

8

Warwickshire

15

7

8

4

3

West Mercia

28

28

20

11

10

West Midlands

29

30

21

13

12

West Yorkshire

44

61

23

11

5

Wiltshire

5

3

15

2

6

Total

1,209

1,114

819

418

405

1 Data collated on behalf of and published by HMIC. Data for 2005-06 have been collated but not yet been validated. Figures will be available in the HMIC annual report 2005-06 due for publication by March 2007.

2 This table contains 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.

3 Financial year runs 1 April to 31 March inclusive.

Police Officer Retirements1 (FTE)2 for Derbyshire Police Force from 2001-02 to 2005-063

Year

2001-02

2002-034

2003-04

2004-05

2005-06

Retirements

54

55

52

73

96

1 Retirements include all medical retirements and ordinary retirements.

2 Full-time equivalent figures that have been rounded to the nearest whole number.

3 Financial year runs 1 April to 31 March inclusive.

4 In 2002-03 leaving figures were not available for quarter 1 (April to June 2002 inclusive).

Police Officer Medical Retirements1 (FTE)2 for Derbyshire Police Force from 2001-02 to 2005-063

Year

2001-02

2002-03

2003-04

2004-05

2005-064

Medical Retirements

9

12

2

9

n/a

1 Data collated on behalf of and published by HMIC.

2 Full-time equivalent figures that have been rounded to the nearest whole number.

3 Financial year runs 1 April to 31 March inclusive.

4 Data not available. Data for 2005-06 have been collated but not yet been validated. Figures will available in the HMIC annual report 2005-06 due for publication by March 2007.

asked Her Majesty's Government:

How many police officers facing disciplinary charges by constabulary area in England and Wales retired on grounds of ill health before disciplinary hearings were completed in each of the past five years for which figures are available.[HL7903]

The statistics for police officers facing disciplinary charges who retired on grounds of ill health before disciplinary hearings are not held centrally.