§ Tim LoughtonTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many police officers have left Sussex constabulary since March 2000 through(a) retirement, (b) early retirement, (c) injury and (d) other employment. [11027]
§ Mr. Denham[holding answer 29 October 2001]: The information requested has been provided by the acting chief constable of Sussex police and is set out in the table.
Officers leaving Sussex police between March 2000 and September 2001 Number Retirement 142 Early (medical) retirement 35 Resignation 73 Transfer to new force 54 Other reasons1 11 Total 315 1 Includes officers retiring while on sick leave, for disciplinary reasons, or leaving to return to their original force.
§ Tim LoughtonTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many new police officers have been taken on in each division of the Sussex constabulary since March 2000 under crime fighting fund funding. [11026]
§ Mr. Denham[holding answer 29 October 2001]: The number of crime fighting fund (CFF) funded recruits taken on by a force is calculated as a proportion of total recruitment. Sussex police recruited 47 officers funded by the CFF in 2000–01. Based on forecasts of recruitment 969W for 2001–02 provided by the force, a further 26 Sussex recruits appointed between April and September 2001 will be funded by the CFF.
The distribution of CFF recruits within a police force area is a matter for the chief constable of that force. I am informed by the force that Sussex do not identify particular officers as CFF recruits but that the number per division is calculated using an allocation formula based on budgetary provision. For 2000–01 Sussex's CFF officers were distributed as follows:
Number of officers Brighton 8 East Downs 7 Forest 6 Highdown 6 Hove and Shoreham 4 Senlac 6 Weald 5 Western 5 Total 47 The force has not yet calculated the distribution of 2001–02 CFF recruits between divisions.