§ Mr. WattsTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the latest figures are for the number of372W sickness days lost in UK police forces; what the latest costs are for ill-health early retirements in each police force; and what the latest figures are for the number of police officers taking ill health early retirement. [25107]
§ Mr. DenhamFigures for police forces in England and Wales during 2000–01 are shown in the table. Figures for early ill-health retirements are not available as distinct from overall ill health retirements. Figures for the cost of ill-health early retirements in each police force are not available centrally.
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Force Working days lost to sick leave Ill-health retirements Avon and Somerset 40,147 42 Bedfordshire 13,544 18 Cambridgeshire 17,143 11 Cheshire 27,513 22 City of London 10,497 9 Cleveland 18,955 9 Cumbria 13,755 24 Derbyshire 21,022 12 Devon and Cornwall 33,034 15 Dorset 13,485 12 Durham 20,801 8 Dyfed-Powys 12,191 14 Essex 40,455 34 Gloucestershire 12,261 7 Greater Manchester 101,464 110 Gwent 19,569 16 Hampshire 42,184 17 Hertfordshire 22,847 13 Humberside 16,485 20
Force Working days lost to sick leave Ill-health retirements Kent 38,148 29 Lancashire 40,858 30 Leicestershire 22,596 28 Lincolnshire 13,236 4 Merseyside 54,256 47 Metropolitan police 278,933 225 Norfolk 16,694 10 Northamptonshire 11,416 8 Northumbria 33,666 28 North Wales 16,234 31 North Yorkshire 17,000 37 Nottinghamshire 25,460 16 South Wales 49,043 76 South Yorkshire 39,232 30 Staffordshire 28,424 9 Suffolk 12,179 14 Surrey 24,715 18 Sussex 32,437 16 Thames Valley 53,659 20 Warwickshire 12,472 15 West Mercia 26,563 28 West Midlands 96,800 29 West Yorkshire 62,554 44 Wiltshire 12,219 5 England and Wales 1,516,146 1,209