HC Deb 06 December 1999 vol 340 cc347-8W
Mr. Rendel

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what was the average number of sickness hours, per officer, per month, among MOD police as a whole in each of the last 12 months. [101639]

Mr. Spellar

The average number of sickness hours per Ministry of Defence police per officer per month is shown in the following table:

Month Hours
November 1998 10.1
December 1998 9.8
January 1999 10.4
February 1999 9.6
March 1999 10.1
April 1999 8.6
May 1999 8.5
June 1999 9.7
July 1999 10.0
August 1999 10.0
September 1999 10.2
October 1999 10.8

Mr. Rendel

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what was the average length of employment at AWE Aldermaston of MOD police officers whose service there ended in the last five years. [101640]

Mr. Spellar

This information is held in files that have been archived and so I will write to the hon. Member and a copy of my letter will be placed in the Library of the House when it is available.

Mr. Rendel

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what percentage of MOD police at Aldermaston left their job(a) by retirement with immediate pension rights, (b) voluntarily, but without immediate pension rights and (c) compulsorily during (i) 1997, (ii) 1998 and (iii) 1999. [101641]

Mr. Spellar

The information requested is shown in the table:

1997 1998 1999
Percentage of officers that left their job with immediate pension rights 2.97 3.56 3.38
Percentage of officers that left their job voluntarily but without immediate pension rights 0 1.98 1.35
Percentage of officers that left compulsorily 0 0 0

The figures do not include officers that were posted away from AWE Aldermaston to other MOD police stations.