§ Mr. PaiceTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many resignations there were from the police force in the year to March(a) 1997 and (b) 2001 due to (i) medical and (ii) other reasons. [9724]
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§ Mr. Denham[holding answer 24 October 2001]: The information requested is in the table provided by Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary.
Medical retirements Other reasons Forces 1996–97 2000–01 1996–97 2000–01 England and Wales 2,012 1,209 3,340 4,244 Avon and Somerset 66 42 113 89 Bedfordshire 15 18 35 33 Cambridgeshire 20 11 39 55 Cheshire 19 22 45 57 City of London 7 9 30 29 Cleveland 22 9 25 41 Cumbria 18 24 40 37 Derbyshire 39 12 32 39 Devon and Cornwall 21 15 106 116 Dorset 11 12 52 54 Durham 23 8 25 41 Dyfed-Powys 12 14 19 33 Essex 29 34 72 106 Gloucestershire 11 7 45 43 Greater Manchester 207 110 152 189 Gwent 28 16 26 34 Hampshire 21 17 1ll 167 Hertfordshire 10 13 64 99 Humberside 19 20 47 98 Kent 15 29 108 124 Lancashire 36 30 70 99 Leicestershire 29 28 44 50 Lincolnshire 11 4 42 49 Merseyside 167 47 73 109 Metropolitan police 457 225 623 917 Norfolk 15 10 65 49 North Wales 33 31 27 44 North Yorkshire 39 37 22 30 Northamptonshire 14 8 23 38 Northumbria 85 28 78 100 Nottinghamshire 34 16 43 71 South Wales 43 76 92 69 South Yorkshire 33 30 61 99 Staffordshire 47 9 54 56 Suffolk 22 14 40 50 Surrey 24 18 56 74 Sussex 42 16 143 134 Thames Valley 55 20 94 165 Warwickshire 10 15 21 31 West Mercia 39 28 54 68 West Midlands 96 29 228 252 West Yorkshire 57 44 136 161 Wiltshire 11 5 65 46