§ Mr. DrewTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) if he will publish, for each police authority broken down in the age year ranges(a) up to 35, (b) 36 to 50 and (c) 51 years and over, the level of recruitment and wastage in (i) 1980, (ii) 1990 and (iii) the most recent 12 months for which statistics are available; [143888]
(2) if he will publish, for each police authority, the age profile of each police force in the age ranges (a) up to 35, (b) 36 to 50 and (c) 51 years and over in (i) 1980, (ii) 1990 and (iii) the most recent 12 months for which statistics are available. [143887]
§ Mr. Charles ClarkeThe information requested is not available. The Home Office publishes data on overall police numbers, and a revised assessment of these at 30 September 2000 is due to be published on 16 January, along with recruitment and wastage figures. Individual police authorities and forces are likely to consider age profiles of officers, for example in their own recruitment plans.
Information on officer age by rank was collected by the Home Office until 1989, and was included in Appendix 12 of the Annual Report of Her Majesty's Chief Inspector of Constabulary for the years up to 1989. Copies of these reports are in the Library.