§ Mr. Tony Lloydasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many serving officers in the Metropolitan police have applied for early retirement, by month, from August 1984 to the present.
§ Mr. Giles ShawThe Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis tells me that the number of Metropolitan police officers who have retired in each month since August 1984 before reaching the normal retirement age is as follows:
Number August 1984 43 September 1984 64 October 1984 46 November 1984 51 December 1984 66 January 1985 53 February 1985 52