§ Mr. PickthallTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many police officers became disabled in each year since 1992–93; how many of those were found employment within the police service; and what arrangements were made for those not found such employment. [27996]
§ Mr. Maclean[holding answer 12 June 1995]: The information is not available. However, information is available for 1992 and 1993 on the numbers of medical retirement, and is shown in the table.
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Police service medical retirements Forces 1992 1993 Avon and Somerset 54.00 68.00 Bedfordshire 7.00 9.00 Cambridgeshire 9.00 19.00 Cheshire 34.00 31.00 City of London 10.00 11.00 Cleveland 52.00 40.00 Cumbria 20.00 26.00 Derbyshire 55.00 54.00
Police service medical retirements Forces 1992 1993 Devon and Cornwall 40.00 49.00 Dorset 12.00 26.00 Durham 21.00 39.00 Dyfed-Powys 22.00 22.00 Essex 27.00 25.00 Gloucestershire 15.00 13.00 Greater Manchester 149.00 162.00 Gwent 23.00 18.00 Hampshire 32.00 40.00 Hertfordshire 12.00 19.00 Humberside 26.00 40.00 Kent 57.00 80.00 Lancashire 52.00 86.00 Leicestershire 46.00 60.00 Lincolnshire 24.00 24.00 Merseyside 99.00 132.00 Norfolk 15.00 17.00 North Wales 35.00 39.00 North Yorkshire 30.00 78.00 Northamptonshire 26.00 15.00 Northumbria 89.00 97.00 Nottinghamshire 56.00 59.00 South Wales 29.00 31.00 South Yorkshire 64.00 82.00 Staffordshire 67.00 74.00 Suffolk 19.00 20.00 Surrey 19.00 16.00 Sussex 38.00 36.00 Thames Valley 38.00 30.00 Warwickshire 10.00 19.00 West Mercia 28.00 23.00 West Midlands 67.00 71.00 West Yorkshire 228.00 150.00 Wiltshire 8.00 10.00 Provincial Total 1,764.00 1,960.00 Metropolitan Police 310.00 344.00 England and Wales Total 2,074.00 2,304.00