HC Deb 30 March 2004 vol 419 cc1349-51W
Mr. McLoughlin

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the training costs were(a) per officer and (b) in total for new police officers in (i) the East Midlands and (ii) West Derbyshire in each year since 1997. [163739]

Ms Blears

Information concerning the training costs(a) per officer and (b) in total for new police officers in (i) the East Midlands and (ii) West Derbyshire in each year since 1997 is not held centrally and could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.

Mr. McLoughlin

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many police officers were recruited in(a) the East Midlands and (b) West Derbyshire in each year since 1997; and what percentage of each year's intake remains as serving officers, in each case. [163741]

Ms Blears

Information on probationer wastage is not available. Data are in the form of police constables recruitment and wastage for the East Midlands Government Office Region and Derbyshire Police Force Area. Wastage comprises retirements, resignations, dismissals, deaths and transfers to police forces outside England and Wales. Wastage in a particular year does not necessarily relate to recruitment in that year.

The available information is given in the table.

Police constables
Number
East Midlands1 Derbyshire Police
1997
Recruitment 508 85
Wastage 243 47
1998
Recruitment 402 66
Wastage 288 65
1999
Recruitment 193 50
Wastage 283 41
2000
Recruitment 302 79
Wastage 201 31
Police constables
Number
East Midlands1 Derbyshire Police
2001
Recruitment 556 103
Wastage 233 51
2002
Recruitment 630 111
Wastage 280 39
2003
Joiners2 825 264
Leavers3 346 74
1 East Midlands comprises Derbyshire, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire, Northamptonshire and Nottinghamshire Police Force Areas.
2 Not comparable to previous recruitment figures as data include transfers from other England and Wales forces and officers returning after a period of secondment.
3 Not comparable to previous wastage figures as data do not include transfers to other England and Wales forces and officers leaving after a period of secondment.