§ Mr. HealdTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many police officers transferred from the Metropolitan Police to other forces in 1999. [110905]
§ Mr. Charles ClarkeThe Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police informs me that 225 officers transferred from the Metropolitan Police to other forces in 1999.
§ Mr. HealdTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many police stations in the Metropolitan Police area reduced the hours which they are open to the public in 1997, 1998 and 1999. [111489]
§ Mr. Charles ClarkeThe Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police informs me this information is not recorded centrally, and could not be obtained from local records because of the extensive reorganisation in the period concerned.
§ Mr. HealdTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many applications by officers in the Metropolitan Police to retire on medical grounds were approved in 1999. [110971]
§ Mr. Charles ClarkeThe Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police informs me that 316 officers retired from the Metropolitan Police due to ill health during 1999.
§ Mr. HealdTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what was the average length of service of police officers in the Metropolitan Police in 1999. [110904]
§ Mr. Charles ClarkeThe Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police informs me that the average length of service of police officers in the Metropolitan Police, as at July 1999, was 14.5 years.
§ Mr. HealdTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will make a statement on the(a) length of service and (b) age profile of police officers serving in the Metropolitan Police. [110970]
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§ Mr. Charles ClarkeThe information requested is given in the tables, provided by the Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police, and represents the position as at 31 January 2000.
Length of service Number of officers Less than 1 year 1,114 1 year 1,148 2 years 972 3 years 689 4 years 926 5 years 1,042 6 years 923 7 years 719 8 years 843 9 years 754 10 years 1,070 11 years 1,356 12 years 1,222 13 years 984 14 years 807 15 years 698 16 years 760 17 years 1,210 18 years 1,237 19 years 1,066 20 years 922 21 years 679 22 years 648 23 years 1,049 24 years 778 25 years 483 26 years 487 27 years 448 28 years 391 29 years 372 30 years 172 31 years 107 32 years 110 33 years 59 34 years 58 35 years 24 36 years 20 37 years 7 38 years 3 39 years 4 40 years 2 26,363 874W
Age Number of officers 18 4 19 61 20 142 21 174 22 271 23 381 24 467 25 562 26 699 27 739 28 747 29 841 30 945 31 1,115 32 1,196 33 1,357 34 1,353 35 1,226 36 1,214 37 1,365 38 1,357
Age Number of officers 39 1,196 40 1,103 41 1,049 42 1,048 43 859 44 760 45 664 46 618 47 520 48 522 49 395 50 322 51 292 52 251 53 214 54 133 55 82 56 50 57 35 58 20 59 14 26,363
§ Mr. HealdTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many police officers in the Metropolitan Police have applications to retire on the grounds of ill health outstanding; and how many such officers are(a) on full pay, (b) on half pay and (c) off pay. [110954]
§ Mr. Charles ClarkeThe Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police informs me that a total of 47 officers are currently awaiting ill health retirement. Thirty-nine are on full pay, six are on half pay and two are off pay.
§ Mr. HealdTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many police officers resigned from the Metropolitan Police in 1999. [110978]
§ Mr. Charles ClarkeThe Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police informs me that 347 officers resigned from the Metropolitan Police in 1999.