§ Mr. RendelTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many police officers have resigned from each police force since January 1993; how many of the resignations since January 1993 are attributable to debts payable to the Child Support Agency; and how many of the resignations since January 1993 cite the Child Support Agency as the reason for the resignation.
§ Mr. Charles WardleThe numbers of resignations for the period January to December 1993 are shown in the tables. Information on the reasons for an officer's resignation is not held centrally.
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Table showing resignations from police forces from 1 January 1993 to 31 December 1993 Force Resignations Avon and Somerset 20 Bedfordshire 14 Cambridgeshire 9 Cheshire 12 Cléveland 4 Cumbria 14 Derbyshire 6 Devon and Cornwall 9 Dorset 15 Durham 6 Dyfed Powys 5 Essex 19 Gloucestershire 12 Greater Manchester 39 Gwent 5 Hampshire 22 Hertfordshire 15 Humberside 8 Kent 34 Lancashire 29 Leicestershire 10 Lincolnshire 8 Merseyside 19 Norfolk .17 Northamptonshire 16 Northumbria 19 North Wales 14 North Yorkshire 6
Force Resignations Nottinghamshire 9 South Wales 7 South Yorkshire 14 Staffordshire 18 Suffolk 13 Surrey 8 Sussex 31 Thames Valley 41 Warwickshire 5 West Mercia 19 West Midlands 50 West Yorkshire 35 Wiltshire 8 City of London 6 Metropolitan 99 Total 769