HC Deb 02 November 1993 vol 231 cc184-5W
Ms Ruddock

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) how many chief superintendent and chief inspector posts he expects to be removed from the Metropolitan police by 1 April 1995;

(2) if he will estimate the number of chief superintendents and chief inspectors remaining in the Metropolitan police who will be redeployed following the rank changes announced on 28 October;

(3) what plans he has to meet the cost of any redundancies in the Metropolitan police arising from the deletion of chief superintendent and chief inspector posts in the Metropolitan police service between now and 1 April 1995; and what is his estimate of this cost.

Mr. Charles Wardle

The Commissioner has in hand a review of the internal management structure of the Metropolitan police and will need to consider in that context how best to implement the decisions about ranks in the police service which my right hon. and learned Friend announced on 28 October. It is too early to say how the necessary restructuring will be achieved.

Ms Ruddock

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many superintendents, chief superintendents, inspectors and chief inspectors are currently employed in the Metropolitan police service.

Mr. Charles Wardle

'The following is the information requested:

Number
Chief Superintendents 133
Superintendents 229
Chief Inspectors 489
Inspectors 1,479