§ Mr. BurstowTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to his answer of 16 December 1999,Official Report, column 273W, concerning hearing impairment of police officers, (a) how many Metropolitan Police officers in the last two years have received negligence compensation payments due to developing a hearing loss or tinnitus as a result of their work duties and (b) what is the total amount that the Metropolitan Police Force have paid out in the last two years in compensation payments to police officers who have developed a hearing loss or tinnitus as a result of their duties. [107302]
§ Mr. Charles ClarkeThe Receiver for the Metropolitan Police District tells me that details of the number of negligence compensation payments or the amounts paid to officers who have developed a hearing loss or tinnitus as a result of their duties are held on individual case files, but are not aggregated in the form requested.