HC Deb 27 October 1998 vol 318 c115W
Dr. Cable

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many(a) recruitments to, (b) retirements from, (c) resignations from and (d) applications to join the Metropolitan Police there were in each month from January to October. [56241]

Kate Hoey

The Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police provided the information requested, as follows:

1998 (a) Recruits (b) Retirements (c) Resignations (d) Applications to join
January 98 98 19 438
February 75 68 25 623
March 3 123 18 757
April 1 67 31 315
May 159 94 30 269
June 160 80 35 768
July 186 126 28 704
August 184 127 32 554
September to 22 October 176 107 27 411
inclusive — 62 11 319
Total 1,042 952 256 5,158