HC Deb 31 October 2000 vol 355 c429W
Mr. Bercow

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many police officers have been(a) killed and (b) permanently incapacitated in the course of their duties in each of the past three years. [134540]

Mr. Charles Clarke

The most recently available details for officers killed in the course of their duties are as follows. The figures include officers killed in vehicle accidents, attacks by assailants, and in pursuing a suspect.

Police officers killed in England and Wales
Number
1997 4
1998 6
1999 8

The numbers of officers permanently incapacitated in the course of their duties is not collected centrally.