§ Mr. Nicholas Wintertonasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many police officers have retired from the police force as a result of injuries sustained in the course of their duty so far in 1981; and what was the compensation paid to each police officer sustaining such injuries.
§ Mr. WhitelawI regret that this information is not available centrally and cannot be obtained without dispropotionate cost. Benefits are payable under the police pensions regulations when an officer has to retire as a result of injury on duty. As to these and to awards under the criminal injuries compensation scheme, I refer my hon. Friend to the reply given to his earlier question on this subject on 5 December 1980.