§ Dr. KumarTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many police officers have been awarded medical pensions, and what these figures are as a percentage of their local force broken down by(a) each year since 1997 and (b) force, giving the average age of those receiving such a pension in each force for each year. [25441]
§ Mr. DenhamThe figures on numbers of medical pensions are given in the tables. Ages of retiring officers are not centrally available.
MIC matrix of indicators 1997–98 Average police strength Police medical retirements Medical retirements (Percentage of force England and Wales 125,950 1,811 1.4 Avon and Somerset 2,976 66 2.2 Bedfordshire 1,086 23 2.1 Cambridgeshire 1,297 12 0.9 Cheshire 2,078 21 1.0 City of London 869 6 0.7 Cleveland 1,494 8 0.5 Cumbria 1,166 20 1.7 Derbyshire 1,772 51 2.9 Devon and Cornwall 2,929 22 0.8 Dorset 1,287 10 0.8 Durham 1,486 17 1.1 Dyfed-Powys 1,007 11 1.1 Essex 2,959 29 1.0 Gloucestershire 1,123 9 0.8 Greater Manchester 6,930 199 2.9 Gwent 1,245 15 1.2 Hampshire 3,471 30 0.9 Hertfordshire 1,750 17 1.0 Humberside 2,056 27 1.3 Kent 3,285 18 0.5 Lancashire 3,344 27 0.8 Leicestershire 2,020 25 1.2 Lincolnshire 1,194 28 2.3 Merseyside 4,322 80 1.9 Metropolitan police 27,028 406 1.5 Norfolk 1,451 15 1.0 Northamptonshire 1,182 18 1.5 Northumbria 3,437 95 2.8 North Wales 1,396 11 0.8 North Yorkshire 1,375 22 1.6 Nottinghamshire 2,341 40 1.7 South Wales 2,884 69 2.4 South Yorkshire 3,194 29 0.9 Staffordshire 2,258 66 2.9 Suffolk 1,189 20 1.7 Surrey 1,642 10 0.6 Sussex 3,063 23 0.8 Thames Valley 3,820 40 1.0 Warwickshire 933 18 1.9 West Mercia 2,036 27 1.3 West Midlands 7,194 81 1.1 West Yorkshire 5,215 41 0.8 Wiltshire 1,167 9 0.8 367W
1998–99 Average police strength Police medical retirements Medical retirements (Percentage of force England and Wales 125,695 1,642 1.3 Avon and Somerset 3,012 24 0.8 Bedfordshire 1,041 27 2.6 Cambridgeshire 1,295 17 1.3 Cheshire 2,111 22 1.0
1998–99 Average police strength Police medical retirements Medical retirements (Percentage of force City of London 790 6 0.8 Cleveland 1,471 14 1.0 Cumbria 1,160 18 1.6 Derbyshire 1,777 21 1.2 Devon and Cornwall 2,946 20 0.7 Dorset 1,303 16 1.2 Durham 1,552 15 1.0 Dyfed-Powys 1,044 8 0.8 Essex 2,936 35 1.2 Gloucestershire 1,113 14 1.3 Greater Manchester 6,913 179 2.6 Gwent 1,250 13 1.0 Hampshire 3,470 26 0.7 Hertfordshire 1,752 8 0.5 Humberside 2,021 15 0.7 Kent 3,269 16 0.5 Lancashire 3,331 18 0.5 Leicestershire 2,037 24 1.2 Lincolnshire 1,171 20 1.7 Merseyside 4,373 42 1.0 Metropolitan police 26,566 510 1.9 Norfolk 1,426 13 0.9 Northamptonshire 1,167 17 1.5 Northumbria 3,854 52 1.3 North Wales 1,416 20 1.4 North Yorkshire 1,360 18 1.3 Nottinghamshire 2,248 48 2.1 South Wales 2,989 64 2.1 South Yorkshire 3,165 19 0.6 Staffordshire 2,279 18 0.8 Suffolk 1,195 29 2.4 Surrey 1,680 9 0.5 Sussex 2,962 21 0.7 Thames Valley 3,822 40 1.0 Warwickshire 925 24 2.6 West Mercia 2,033 24 1.2 West Midlands 7,250 37 0.5 West Yorkshire 5,053 49 1.0 Wiltshire 1,169 12 1.0 368W
1999–2000 Average police strength Police medical retirements Medical retirements (Percentage of force England and Wales 119,570 1,232 1.0 Avon and Somerset 2,992 40 1.3 Bedfordshire 1,040 18 1.7 Cambridgeshire 1,271 10 0.8 Cheshire 2,101 17 0.8 City of London 766 11 1.4 Cleveland 1,449 15 1.0 Cumbria 1,116 20 1.8 Derbyshire 1,783 12 0.7 Devon and Cornwall 2,896 20 0.7 Dorset 1,306 10 0.8 Durham 1,579 8 0.5 Dyfed-Powys 1,047 12 1.1 Essex 2,877 51 1.8 Gloucestershire 1,128 8 0.7 Greater Manchester 6,853 132 1.9 Gwent 1,277 25 2.0 Hampshire 3,479 20 0.6 Hertfordshire 1,772 10 0.6 Humberside 1,979 11 0.6 Kent 3,236 18 0.6 Lancashire 3,249 17 0.5 Leicestershire 2,006 22 1.1 Lincolnshire 1,131 10 0.9 Merseyside 4,175 45 1.1 Metropolitan police 26,566 289 1.1
1999–2000 Average police strength Police medical retirements Medical retirements (Percentage of force) Norfolk 1,403 12 0.9 Northamptonshire 1,140 5 0.4 Northumbria 3,832 43 1.1 North Wales 1,366 15 1.1 North Yorkshire 1,319 25 1.9 Nottinghamshire 2,252 21 0.9 South Wales 2,972 52 1.7 South Yorkshire 3,183 24 0.8 Staffordshire — 3 — Suffolk 1,177 15 1.3 Surrey 1,782 14 0.8 Sussex — 16 — Thames Valley 3,784 19 0.5 Warwickshire 912 9 1.0 West Mercia 1,982 27 1.4 West Midlands 7,402 28 0.4 West Yorkshire 4,916 45 0.9 Wiltshire 1,078 8 0.7
2000–01 Average police strength Police medical retirements Medical retirements (Percentage of force) England and Wales 123,476 1,209 I% Avon and Somerset 2,994 42 1% Bedfordshire 1,034 18 2% Cambridgeshire 1,296 11 1% Cheshire 2,011 22 1% City of London 703 9 1% Cleveland 1,424 9 1% Cumbria 1,048 24 2% Derbyshire 1,823 12 1% Devon and Cornwall 2,934 15 1% Dorset 1,354 12 1% Durham 1,595 8 1% Dyfed-Powys 1,057 14 1% Essex 2,894 34 1% Gloucestershire 1,170 7 1% Greater Manchester 6,910 110 2% Gwent 1,274 16 1% Hampshire 3,435 17 0% Hertfordshire 1,922 13 1% Humberside 1,911 20 1% Kent 3,318 29 1% Lancashire 3,255 30 1% Leicestershire 2,033 28 1% Lincolnshire 1,202 4 0% Merseyside 4,081 47 1% Metropolitan police 24,935 225 1% Norfolk 1,419 10 1% Northamptonshire 1,159 8 1% Northumbria 3,857 28 1% North Wales 1,444 31 2% North Yorkshire 1,312 37 3% Nottinghamshire 2,276 16 1% South Wales 3,108 76 2% South Yorkshire 3,175 30 1% Staffordshire 2,120 9 0% Suffolk 1,133 14 I% Surrey 2,066 18 1% Sussex 2,855 16 1% Thames Valley 3,706 20 1% Warwickshire 925 15 2% West Mercia 1,951 28 1% West Midlands 7,420 29 0% West Yorkshire 4,815 44 1% Wiltshire 1,120 5 0%