§ Mr. Ben ChapmanTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many police officers took early retirement on health grounds in each police force in each of the last three years. [78387]
§ Mr. BoatengThe information is set out in the table.
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Number of police officers retiring on ill-health grounds, England and Wales 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 Avon and Somerset 29 66 66 Bedfordshire 14 15 23 Cambridgeshire 26 20 12 Cheshire 16 19 21 City of London 14 7 6 Cleveland 25 22 8 Cumbria 9 18 20 Derbyshire 49 39 51 Devon & Cornwall 27 21 22 Dorset 9 11 10 Durham 23 23 17 Dyfed-Powys 22 12 11 Essex 31 29 29 Gloucestershire 7 11 9 Greater Manchester 168 207 199 Gwent 19 28 15 Hampshire 31 21 30 Hertfordshire 22 10 17 Humberside 26 19 27 Kent 46 15 18 Lancashire 66 36 27 Leicestershire 45 29 25 Lincolnshire 31 11 28 Merseyside 195 167 80 Metropolitan 430 457 406 Norfolk 15 15 15 North Wales 36 33 11 North Yorkshire 29 39 22 Northamptonshire 10 14 18 Northumbria 123 85 95 Nottinghamshire 41 34 40 South Wales 74 43 69 South Yorkshire 46 33 29 Staffordshire 30 47 66 Suffolk 25 22 20 Surrey 24 24 10 Sussex 61 42 23 Thames Valley 58 55 40 Warwickshire 14 10 18 West Mercia 27 39 27 West Midlands 105 93 97 West Yorkshire 48 57 41 Wiltshire 4 11 9 Provincial Total 1,720 1,552 1,421 England and Wales Total 2,150 2,009 1,827