Police Manpower (Hansard, 18 November 1998)

§ Mr. Boateng

The information requested is shown in the tables.

Recruitment and wastage figures—police forces in England and Wales–1997–98
Forces	Total police strength	Recruits	% of total strength	Dismissals	% of total strength	Voluntary resignations	% of total strength
Cumbria	1,163.50	46	4.0	0	0.0	7	0.6
Derbyshire	1,772.10	61	3.4	1	0.1	7	0.4
Devon and Cornwall	2,961.50	172	5.8	9	0.3	4	0.1
Dorset	1,310.00	75	5.7	1	0.1	8	0.6
Durham	1,514.78	105	6.9	2	0.1	6	0.4
Dyfed-Powys	1,002.30	33	3.3	0	0.0	4	0.4
Essex	2,928.48	108	3.7	7	0.2	19	0.6
Gloucestershire	1,103.90	—	0.0	1	0.1	5	0.5
Greater Manchester	6,948.83	436	6.3	2	0.0	47	0.7
Gwent	1,232.80	31	2.5	1	0.1	10.2	0.8
Hampshire	3,489.53	182	5.2	4	0.1	36	1.0
Hertfordshire	1,739.93	63	3.6	0	0.0	26	1.5
Humberside	2,021.20	70	3.5	4	0.2	21	1.0
Kent	3,250.78	118	3.6	1	0.0	28	0.9
Lancashire	3,258.07	111	3.4	2	0.1	14	0.4
Leicestershire	1,983.06	115	5.8	2	0.1	21	1.1
Lincolnshire	1,191.05	36	3.0	0	0.0	8	0.7
Merseyside	4,216.41	160	3.8	9	0.2	15	0.4
Metropolitan police	26,093.79	1,164	4.5	42	0.2	212	0.8
Norfolk	1,429.55	55	3.8	3	0.2	12.25	0.9
Northamptonshire	1,168.73	52	4.4	2	0.2	8	0.7
Northumbria	3,768.78	227	6.0	7	0.2	29	0.8
North Wales	1,396.00	63	4.5	0	0.0	6	0.4
North Yorkshire	1,367.22	65	4.8	2	0.1	11	0.8
Nottinghamshire	2,324.75	0	0.0	0	0.0	14	0.6
South Wales	2,986.15	170	5.7	1	0.0	16	0.5
South Yorkshire	3,182.05	135	4.2	3	0.1	14	0.4
Staffordshire	2,292.10	220	9.6	3	0.1	19	0.8
Suffolk	1,185.80	69	5.8	1	0.1	8	0.7
Surrey	1,608.44	112	7.0	1	0.1	13	0.8
Sussex	3,037.74	136	4.5	5	0.2	47	1.5
Thames Valley	3,775.50	258	6.8	4	0.1	33	0.9
Warwickshire	924.10	54	5.8	3	0.3	2	0.2
West Mercia	2,009.58	62	3.1	5	0.2	16	0.8
West Midlands	7,155.53	445	6.2	12	0.2	48	0.7
West Yorkshire	5,154.70	182	3.5	7	0.1	44	0.9
Wiltshire	1,156.33	60	5.2	0	0.0	6	0.5
Provincial Total	98,707.73	4,668	4.7	112	0.1	712.45	0.7
England and Wales Total	124,801.50	5,832	4.7	154	0.1	924.45	0.7

Recruitment and wastage figures—police forces in England and Wales –1997–98
Forces	Medical retirement	% of total strength	Ordinary retirement	% of total strength	Total retirements	% of total strength
Avon and Somerset	66	2.2	57	1.9	123	4.1
Bedfordshire	23	2.1	23	2.1	46	4.3
Cambridgeshire	12	0.9	36	2.8	48	3.7
Cheshire	21	1.0	60	2.9	81	4.0
City of London	6	0.7	32	3.9	38	4.6
Cleveland	8	0.5	17	1.1	25	1.7
Cumbria	20	1.7	25	2.1	45	3.9
Derbyshire	51	2.9	27	1.5	78	4.4
Devon and Cornwall	22	0.7	88	3.0	110	3.7
Dorset	10	0.8	40	3.1	50	3.8
Durham	17	1.1	32	2.1	49	3.2
Dyfed-Powys	11	1.1	13	1.3	24	2.4
Essex	29	1.0	88	3.0	117	4.0
Gloucestershire	9	0.8	47	4.3	56	5.1
Greater Manchester	199	2.9	128	1.8	327	4.7
Gwent	15	1.2	17	1.4	32	2.6
Hampshire	30	0.9	70	2.0	100	2.9
Hertfordshire	17	1.0	35	2.0	52	3.0
Humberside	27	1.3	53	2.6	80	4.0
Kent	18	0.6	72	2.2	90	2.8
Lancashire	27	0.8	83	2.5	110	3.4
Leicestershire	25	1.3	34	1.7	59	3.0
Lincolnshire	28	2.4	30	2.5	58	4.9
Merseyside	80	1.9	71	1.7	151	3.6

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Recruitment and wastage figures—police forces in England and Wales — 1997–98
Forces	Medical retirement	% of total strength	Ordinary retirement	% of total strength	Total retirements	% of total strength
Metropolitan police	406	1.6	621	2.4	1,027	3.9
Norfolk	14.5	1.0	53	3.7	67.5	4.7
Northamptonshire	18	1.5	26	2.2	44	3.8
Northumbria	95	2.5	56	1.5	151	4.0
North Wales	11	0.8	29	2.1	40	2.9
North Yorkshire	22	1.6	23	1.7	45	3.3
Nottinghamshire	40	1.7	54	2.3	94	4.0
South Wales	69	2.3	71	2.4	140	4.7
South Yorkshire	29	0.9	64	2.0	93	2.9
Staffordshire	66	2.9	67	2.9	133	5.8
Suffolk	20	1.7	31	2.6	51	4.3
Surrey	10	0.6	63	3.9	73	4.5
Sussex	23	0.8	103	3.4	126	4.1
Thames Valley	40	1.1	83	2.2	123	3.3
Warwickshire	18	1.9	36	3.9	54	5.8
West Mercia	27	1.3	45	2.2	72	3.6
West Midlands	97	1.4	217	3.0	314	4.4
West Yorkshire	41	0.8	123	2.4	164	3.2
Wiltshire	9	0.8	38	3.3	47	4.1
Provincial Total	1,420.80	1.4	2,360.00	2.4	3,780.5	3.8
England and Wales Total	1,826.50	1.5	2,981.00	2.4	4,807.5	3.9