§ Peter BottomleyTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many civilian and uniformed staff of the Royal Parks constabulary have left employment in police service on grounds of ill health or disability in the last five years. [15654]
§ Dr. HowellsI have been asked to reply.
Responsibility for the subject of this question has been delegated to the Royal Parks Agency and I have asked its Chief Executive, William Weston, to reply.
Letter from William Weston to Mr. Peter Bottomley, dated 21 November 2001:
I have been asked by the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport to reply to your Parliamentary Question about the number of RPC officers who have left on health grounds, because this is an operational matter which is the responsibility of the Royal Parks Agency.Fifteen civilian and uniformed staff of the Royal Parks Constabulary have left employment in police service on the grounds of ill health or disability in the last five years.