§ Mr. BeithTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many civilian staff of the Metropolitan police have been made subject to early retirement against their wishes in the last two years; and what pension entitlement is available in such cases where retirement occurs at age 60 years.
§ Mr. MacleanI understand from the Commissioner that the normal contractual age of retirement for Metropolitan police civil staff is 60 years, at which age the pension paid is the full entitlement based on reckonable service and pensionable pay. Those leaving the service under the provisions of early retirement schemes do so by agreement.
§ Mrs. RocheTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list(a) the population of the Metropolitan police area, (b) the number of police officers and (c) the number of officers per head of the population in Greater London in (i) 1979, (ii) 1985 and (iii) the last year for which figures are available.
§ Mr. Maclean[holding answer 6 February 1995]Information on population figures for police areas, the number of police officers per force and the number of police officers per head of population can be found in the annual reports of Her Majesty's chief inspector of constabulary, copies of which are in the Library.