§ Mr. William RossTo ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many(a) officers, (b) male officers and (c) female officers are serving in the full-time RUCR; how many had (i) under one year, (ii) under two years and more than one year and (iii) between two and three years of their contracts remaining at the latest date for which information is available; how many (A) male and (B) female officers have served (1) under five years, (2) five to 10 years, (3) 10 to 15 years and (4) over 15 years in the full-time RUCR; and how many officers in each of these cohorts now qualify for (x) early retirement and (y) enhanced redundancy payments. [141525]
Mr. IngrainThe following tables provide the information requested as at 3 January 2001:
Gender Total Male 2,330 Female 226 Total 2,556
Contract expiry Contract expiry Total Less than 1 year 65 1–2 years 1,648 2–3 years 843 Total 2,556
Service breakdown by gender Service Male Female Total Less than 5 years 180 117 297 5–10 years 402 85 487 10–15 years 506 24 530 Over 15 years 1,242 — 1,242 Totals 2,330 226 2,556 648W
Number of RUC FTR eligible to apply for voluntary severance arrangements Service Officers eligible1 10–15 years 3 15–20 years 57 20–25 years 126 25–30 years 63 Total 249 1 Applies to Year 1 (ending 31 March 2001) and Year 2 (ending 31 March 2002) only. Background
Only officers in the RUC full-time who joined prior to 1995 are eligible to apply for the RUC Voluntary Early Retirement and Severance Scheme. Fifteen officers applied and will leave during Year 1; it is not yet possible to indicate how many will apply for the scheme during Year 2.