HC Deb 03 February 2004 vol 417 cc805-6W
Dr. Pugh

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what percentage of police officers in each police force has been given early retirement in each of the last four years. [151601]

Ms Blears

Figures relating to the number of police ill-health retirements in forces between 1999–2000 and 2002–03 are given in the table. For greater consistency police ill-health retirements are now measured in terms of the number of retirements per 1,000 force strength.

1999–2000 2000–01
Force Police Medical retirements Medical retirements per 1,000 officers Police Medical retirements Medical retirements per 1,000 officers
Avon and Somerset 40 13.6 42 14.0
Bedfordshire 18 17.5 18 17.4
Cambridgeshire 10 8.1 11 8.5
Cheshire 17 8.5 22 10.9
City of London 11 14.9 9 12.6
Cleveland 15 10.6 9 6.3
Cumbria 20 18.5 24 22.9
Derbyshire 12 6.8 12 6.6
Devon and Cornwall 20 7.0 15 5.0
Dorset 10 10 7.7 12 8.9
Durham 8 5.1 8 5.0
Dyfed-Powys 12 11.5 14 13.2
Essex 51 18.2 34 11.6
Gloucestershire 8 7.2 7 6.0
Greater Manchester 132 19.4 110 16.0
Gwent 25 19.8 16 12.6
Hampshire 20 5.8 17 4.9
Hertfordshire 10 5.7 13 6.8
Humberside 11 5.9 20 10.5
Kent 18 5.6 29 8.7
Lancashire 17 5.3 30 9.2
Leicestershire 22 11.0 28 13.6
Lincolnshire 10 9.0 4 3.3
Merseyside 45 11.0 47 11.5
Metropolitan Police 289 11.4 225 9.0
Norfolk 12 8.7 10 7.0
Northamptonshire 5 4.5 8 6.9
Northumbria 43 11.4 28 7.3
North Wales 15 10.8 31 21.5
North Yorkshire 25 19.5 37 28.2
Nottinghamshire 21 9.4 16 7.0
South Wales 52 17.6 76 24.4
South Yorkshire 24 7.6 30 9.4
Staffordshire 3 1.4 9 4.2
Suffolk 15 13.1 14 12.4
Surrey 14 7.8 18 8.7
Sussex 16 5.7 16 5.6
Thames Valley 19 5.1 20 5.4
Warwickshire 9 10.0 15 16.2
West Mercia 27 14.3 28 14.4
West Midlands 28 3.9 29 3.9
West Yorkshire 45 9.3 44 9.1
Wiltshire 8 7.2 5 4.5
Total 1,232 10.1 1,209 9.8
2001–02 2002–03
Force Police medical retirements Medical retirements per 1,000 officers Police medical retirements Medical retirements per 1,000 officers
Avon and Somerset 42 13.6 34 10.8
Bedfordshire 8 7.5 7 6.3
Cambridgeshire 10 7.0 8 5.8
Cheshire 22 10.7 25 11.9
City of London 8 10.0 4 4.9
Cleveland 21 14.4 11 7.6
Cumbria 7 6.4 7 6.1
Derbyshire 9 4.9 12 6.0
Devon and Cornwall 19 6.1 9 2.9
Dorset 10 7.0 3 2.1
Durham 15 9.2 11 6.9
Dyfed-Powys 13 11.5 11 9.5
Essex 32 10.8 21 7.1
Gloucestershire 10 8.5 13 10.5
Greater Manchester 57 7.8 33 4.5
Gwent 24 18.0 22 16.3
Hampshire 19 5.3 11 3.0
Hertfordshire 8 4.1 7 3.4
Humberside 11 5.4 10 4.7
Kent 38 11.3 21 6.0
Lancashire 39 11.8 22 6.4
Leicestershire 7 3.4 9 4.2
Lincolnshire 3 2.5 10 8.1
Merseyside 58 14.1 51 12.4
Metropolitan Police 219 8.4 150 5.3
Norfolk 16 10.9 13 8.6
Northamptonshire 6 4.9 3 2.5
Northumbria 33 8.4 21 5.2
North Wales 20 13.3 14 9.0
North Yorkshire 16 11.4 9 6.2
Nottinghamshire 14 6.0 16 6.3
South Wales 50 15.8 33 10.1
South Yorkshire 30 9.4 17 5.3
Staffordshire 24 11.3 22 9.7
Suffolk 13 10.8 12 9.8
Surrey 24 11.9 12 6.2
Sussex 16 5.5 9 3.0
Thames Valley 17 4.4 29 7.4
Warwickshire 7 7.2 8 8.0
West Mercia 28 13.9 20 8.8
West Midlands 30 4.0 21 2.7
West Yorkshire 61 12.5 23 4.0
Wiltshire 3 2.6 15 12.8
Total 1,114 8.8 821 62