§ Mr. Roseasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) how many police officers have been suspended or dismissed during each of the last five years by reason of misconduct; how many by reason of dishonesty; and how many are currently under suspension;
(2) which police forces have had members suspended or dismissed during each 419W of the last five years and currently under suspension.
§ Mr. SharplesThe following table shows the number of police officers from
NUMBERS OF POLICE OFFICERS, IN ENGLAND AND WALES, DISMISSED DURING EACH OF THE PAST FIVE YEARS Force 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 Bedfordshire and Luton … … … — — — 2 — Birmingham … … … — — 2 1 1 Bradford … … … — 1 — 4 — Bristol … … … 1 — 2 — 4 Cheshire … … … 7 2 2 1 — Cumbria … … … — — — — — Derby County and Borough … … … 2 — 2 — 3 Devon and Cornwall … … … 3 — — 2 1 Dorset and Bournemouth … … … — 2 — — — Durham … … … — 2 3 4 3 Dyfed Powys … … … 1 — 1 — — Essex and Southend-on-Sea … … … 1 2 — — — Gloucestershire … … … 2 — — — 1 Gwent … … … 2 2 — 1 1 Gwynedd … … … — 1 — —. — Hampshire … … … — 1 — — 1 Hertfordshire … … … 1 — 1 — — Kent … … … 2 2 3 2 3 Kingston-upon-Hull … … … — — — 4 4 Lancashire … … … 8 5 2 6 8 Leeds … … … 1 1 3 9 3 Leicester and Rutland … … … 1 — 1 1 1 Lincolnshire … … … 2 1 — 3 2 Liverpool and Bootle … … … 1 — 2 — 1 Manchester and Salford … … … 5 3 3 3 — Mid-Anglia … … … — — — — — Norfolk … … … 1 1 3 — — Northampton and County … … … — 1 3 2 1 Northumberland … … … 1 2 — — — Nottinghamshire … … … 1 — 1 — 3 Sheffield and Rotherham … … … 1 2 3 2 — Somerset and Bath … … … 2 — 1 — — South Wales … … … — 2 — 1 3 Staffs County and Stoke-on-Trent … … 1 — — 3 2 Suffolk … … … — — — — — Surrey … … … 3 — 1 1 1 Sussex … … … 6 2 5 3 13 Teesside … … … — — 1 — — Thames Valley … … … 2 — 5 1 — Warwickshire and Coventry … … … 1 1 2 1 2 West Mercia … … … — 3 — — — West Midlands … … … 2 3 2 3 1 West Yorkshire … … … 3 2 4 6 3 Wiltshire … … … — — — — — York and N.E. Yorkshire … … … 1 1 1 3 — City of London … … … — — — 1 — Metropolitan … … … 5 6 8 12 12 Totals … … … 70 51 67 82 78