§ Mr. OatenTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many police officers have retired early owing to ill-health in each year since 1997. [151416]
§ Ms Blears[pursuant to her reply, 28 January 2004, Official Report, c. 444W]: The information that was given in the answer was not accurate due to an administrative error; the correct version of the answer is as follows: The requested figures, including the figure for 2002–03 published by Her Majesty's Chief Inspector of Constabulary last year, are given in the table.
Medical Retirements 1996–97 2,012 1997–98 1,811 1998–99 1,642 1990–2000 1,232 2000–01 1,209 2001–02 1,114 2002–03 821