HC Deb 10 February 1972 vol 830 cc418-9W
Mr. Rose

asked 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 of the last five years and currently under suspension.

Mr. Sharples

The 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