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Devon and Cornwall Constabulary

Mr. Allason: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what is the current authorised establishment of the Devon and Cornwall constabulary; and what was it in 1992. [16539]

Mr. Maclean: It is now for individual chief constables and police authorities to determine the number of officers in a force, having regard to the resources available to them. The Devon and Cornwall constabulary had 2,876 police officers in September 1996 compared to 2,898 in March 1992. The chief constable has estimated that the force will have 2,919 officers by the end of March 1997. Since 1992, the number of constables has increased from 2,197 to 2,248.

HOUSE OF COMMONS

Written Questions

Mr. John D. Taylor: To ask the Lord President of the Council how many written questions were tabled by each hon. Member in the (a) 1993-94, (b) 1994-95 and (c) 1995-96 parliamentary Sessions. [15395]

Mr. Newton: I have written to the hon. Member with the information requested and arranged for a copy to be placed in the Library of the House.

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Strangers' Cafeteria

Mr. Wigley: To ask the Chairman of the Catering Committee what is his latest estimate of the cost of refurbishing the Strangers' Cafeteria, including the cost of relocating other facilities in order to make space for the new facilities. [16614]

Mr. Colin Shepherd: The current forecast of the final cost of modernising the former Members' and Strangers' Cafeterias, including the cost of relocating displaced facilities and building a new kitchen to service both the Terrace Cafeteria and the Members' Tea Room--in line with recommendations made by the Committee in its First Report of Session 1993-94, which was approved by the House on 12 July 1994--is £6.6 million. This figure is significantly less than the estimate agreed by the Committee in October 1994.

EDUCATION AND EMPLOYMENT

Teachers (Early Retirement)

Mr. Hawkins: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment what has been the cost to the teachers' superannuation scheme of early retirement on grounds of ill health over the last five years (a) in each local education authority and (b) per teacher in each local education authority. [16100]

Mrs. Gillan: The following table shows the total cost and cost per teacher from 1990-91 to 1995-96. The costs in each financial year are made up of the lump sum and annual pension paid in respect of new awards of ill health retirement only. The figures cover all members of the teachers' superannuation scheme.

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Total and average cost of ill-health retirements 1990-91 to 1995-96

	1990-91		1991-92		1992-93		1993-94		1994-95		1995-96
Last known local education authority	Total cost	Average cost per retirement	Total cost	Average cost per retirement	Total cost	Average cost per retirement	Total cost	Average cost per retirement	Total cost	Average cost per retirement	Total cost	Average cost per retirement
City	(6)--	(6)--	(7)--	(7)--	(7)--	(7)--	(7)--	(7)--	(7)--	(7)--	(7)--	(7)--
Camden	(6)--	(6)--	269	26.9	307	27.9	393	28.0	879	35.1	817	34.0
Greenwich	(6)--	(6)--	213	17.8	514	30.2	509	30.0	711	33.8	748	34.0
Hackney	(6)--	(6)--	207	23.0	234	33.5	267	33.0	473	29.5	550	37.0
Hammersmith	(6)--	(6)--	222	27.7	456	38.0	420	32.0	856	30.6	965	36.0
Islington	(6)--	(6)--	268	29.7	404	28.9	349	32.0	532	31.3	771	39.0
Kensington and Chelsea	(6)--	(6)--	139	27.8	132	26.5	185	37.0	146	29.1	555	37.0
Lambeth	(6)--	(6)--	436	31.1	272	27.2	679	31.0	473	33.8	737	34.0
Lewisham	(6)--	(6)--	492	24.6	554	36.9	461	29.0	529	33.1	573	34.0
Southwark	(6)--	(6)--	319	24.5	418	29.9	815	33.0	428	32.9	871	35.0
Tower Hamlets	(6)--	(6)--	151	18.8	337	28.1	507	30.0	510	31.8	342	24.0
Wandsworth	(6)--	(6)--	382	29.4	505	31.5	588	31.0	771	32.1	649	30.0
Westminster	(6)--	(6)--	246	22.4	597	33.2	280	28.0	743	37.2	776	43.0
Other ILEA and not known(8)	4,504	22.6	471	19.6	304	17.9	359	17.1	424	20.2	587	20.2
Barking	219	27.4	292	32.5	185	20.6	555	29.0	492	28.9	467	36.0
Barnet	182	18.2	367	24.4	677	30.8	541	36.0	983	33.9	820	32.0
Bexley	504	22.9	252	22.9	546	28.7	633	35.0	543	31.9	566	31.0
Brent	232	23.2	273	24.8	269	26.9	326	30.0	463	30.9	440	29.0
Bromley	540	22.5	411	27.4	460	32.8	588	28.0	526	30.9	1,017	35.0
Croydon	666	25.6	626	28.5	526	23.9	828	30.0	864	30.9	1,070	37.0
Ealing	499	21.7	455	24.0	338	21.1	349	27.0	428	28.5	554	31.0
Enfield	387	20.4	337	24.0	329	29.9	394	36.0	585	32.5	630	32.0
Haringey	100	16.7	219	31.3	107	17.9	264	33.0	530	29.4	680	36.0
Harrow	351	22.0	338	26.0	360	30.0	529	29.0	792	29.3	616	36.0
Havering	513	27.0	547	27.4	600	30.0	837	35.0	662	33.1	1,037	37.0
Hillingdon	500	25.0	725	27.9	439	27.4	181	26.0	311	28.3	539	36.0
Hounslow	581	22.3	354	27.2	392	26.1	408	27.0	760	31.7	1,148	35.0
Kingston upon Thames	141	28.2	(7)--	(7)--	399	33.2	312	26.0	381	34.6	683	33.0
Merton	345	24.6	134	26.7	245	40.9	361	30.0	276	27.6	263	33.0
Newham	279	23.3	267	20.6	386	27.6	587	33.0	566	25.7	376	29.0
Redbridge	414	24.4	433	27.0	219	31.3	300	33.0	390	27.8	236	30.0
Richmond upon Thames	(7)--	(7)--	214	23.7	177	35.4	463	29.0	413	27.5	421	30.0
Sutton	279	21.4	236	29.5	166	33.2	205	29.0	365	30.4	494	33.0
Waltham Forest	367	28.2	370	24.7	437	33.6	707	29.0	510	26.9	1,060	32.0
Birmingham	2,018	23.7	2,613	25.4	3,237	28.2	3,862	30.0	3,832	31.4	4,747	32.0
Coventry	667	23.8	1,047	24.4	820	26.5	1,165	27.0	1,198	29.2	1,058	32.0
Dudley	351	21.9	361	22.5	719	30.0	589	29.0	722	27.8	1,311	35.0
Sandwell	510	24.3	619	23.8	764	26.3	1,220	30.0	1,462	31.8	977	31.0
Solihull	637	25.5	413	23.0	655	32.7	529	31.0	962	34.4	554	31.0
Walsall	622	21.4	498	23.7	793	25.6	705	27.0	1,086	31.0	1,360	33.0
Woverhampton	517	19.1	757	31.5	1,586	29.4	1,148	30.0	1,400	32.5	937	29.0
Knowsley	242	26.9	566	25.7	509	30.0	719	31.0	494	29.0	694	29.0
Liverpool	1,162	24.2	1,599	25.8	1,584	29.3	2,356	31.0	1,819	30.8	2,233	31.0
St. Helens	640	26.7	475	25.0	1,056	30.2	1,135	31.0	1,043	30.7	719	31.0
Sefton	752	24.3	745	24.8	1,217	30.4	1,653	34.0	1,385	33.8	1,397	33.0
Wirral	665	20.8	955	26.5	566	28.3	975	31.0	1,083	31.9	1,339	32.0
Bolton	695	21.1	794	27.4	1,029	31.2	1,202	30.0	1,167	30.7	944	33.0
Bury	302	20.1	245	20.4	421	26.3	472	25.0	769	29.6	749	31.0
Manchester	1,083	22.1	1,386	27.7	1,772	27.3	1,997	30.0	1,786	29.3	1,866	32.0
Oldham	328	21.9	360	21.2	564	28.2	1,005	31.0	810	31.2	931	32.0
Rochdale	522	23.7	744	28.6	634	30.2	1,076	30.0	1,269	32.5	1,378	32.0
Salford	456	22.8	499	20.8	553	26.3	1,091	33.0	728	28.0	767	27.0
Stockport	689	21.5	915	23.5	1,217	29.7	1,659	33.0	1,455	29.1	1,458	30.0
Tameside	491	25.8	473	24.9	609	29.0	689	30.0	1,102	32.4	937	30.0
Trafford	370	21.8	590	28.1	830	29.7	1,243	33.0	927	28.1	1,088	35.0
Wigan	272	18.1	541	25.7	592	26.9	1,315	28.0	949	31.6	1,317	34.0
Barnsley	746	24.1	562	26.8	666	31.7	796	31.0	1,241	35.5	887	33.0
Doncaster	838	22.1	908	26.7	649	26.0	877	28.0	999	32.2	975	31.0
Rotherham	361	20.1	497	22.6	600	27.3	839	31.0	859	30.7	889	37.0
Sheffield	1,014	21.1	890	23.4	1,144	27.9	1,779	31.0	1,529	31.9	1,705	30.0
Bradford	1,237	22.5	1,374	24.1	1,181	26.2	1,815	28.0	1,495	26.2	1,796	31.0
Calderdale	655	25.2	647	28.1	580	27.6	815	33.0	1,050	33.9	838	31.0
Kirklees	1,117	23.3	839	24.7	1,273	26.0	2,341	33.0	1,822	29.4	1,650	31.0
Leeds	1,491	22.9	1,354	24.2	1,612	29.3	2,701	30.0	2,807	31.5	3,017	31.0
Wakefield	733	24.4	1,313	26.3	1,414	28.9	1,607	32.0	1,393	29.6	1,750	30.0
Gateshead	385	25.6	338	26.0	573	26.1	519	26.0	639	29.0	1,164	31.0
Newcastle upon Tyne	409	22.7	1,111	23.6	708	24.4	1,037	31.0	1,154	35.0	1,190	33.0
North Tyneside	252	18.0	446	26.3	565	29.8	613	31.0	529	27.9	504	30.0
South Tyneside	481	22.9	464	24.4	684	31.1	734	32.0	604	30.2	741	30.0
Sunderland	1,329	22.9	1,055	25.1	1,551	31.0	1,676	35.0	1,712	32.3	1,469	33.0
Isles of Scilly	(7)--	(7)--	(7)--	(7)--	(7)--	(7)--	(7)--	(7)--	(7)--	(7)--	(7)--	(7)--
Avon	1,760	23.2	2,040	25.8	1,759	26.6	3,010	29.0	3,784	32.6	3,386	33.0
Bedfordshire	1,490	23.3	1,138	24.7	1,402	28.0	1,705	30.0	2,123	30.8	1,584	29.0
Berkshire	1,260	22.9	1,893	25.6	1,981	31.0	2,299	31.0	2,273	32.5	2,452	33.0
Buckinghamshire	1,454	23.5	1,131	26.3	1,149	26.7	1,577	30.0	2,141	31.0	1,686	28.0
Cambridgeshire	941	20.9	1,240	27.6	1,248	27.7	1,191	31.0	2,098	30.9	1,680	29.0
Cheshire	2,279	25.3	2,039	24.9	2,230	29.0	3,067	31.0	3,607	31.9	3,625	33.0
Cleveland	1,953	24.4	1,923	25.3	2,661	29.6	3,155	32.0	3,113	31.4	3,236	30.0
Cornwall	1,632	23.0	1,400	27.5	1,287	27.4	1,384	31.0	1,447	32.2	2,347	33.0
Cumbria	700	21.2	1,285	25.2	1,224	27.8	1,562	28.0	1,519	30.4	1,676	33.0
Derbyshire	2,592	24.5	2,340	26.9	1,887	27.8	2,339	31.0	2,998	33.3	3,079	34.0
Devon	2,677	23.3	2,331	25.3	2,942	30.3	3,535	32.0	3,916	29.9	4,054	34.0
Dorset	1,591	23.4	1,305	26.1	2,074	30.1	1,563	31.0	2,124	29.9	2,008	30.0
Durham	1,882	23.2	1,681	25.5	1,965	28.5	2,216	31.0	3,136	34.1	3,757	33.0
East Sussex	1,330	22.5	1,516	24.1	1,928	29.7	2,476	31.0	2,906	30.3	2,265	31.0
Essex	3,115	23.1	2,664	24.0	3,723	30.0	4,738	31.0	5,249	30.2	4,949	31.0
Gloucestershire	848	21.7	790	23.2	1,147	29.4	1,632	31.0	1,622	33.1	1,902	30.0
Hampshire	3,755	23.2	3,782	26.4	4,608	30.1	5,823	30.0	6,861	31.9	6,249	32.0
Hereford and Worcester	1,814	25.6	2,131	25.1	2,651	29.1	3,054	33.0	3,990	33.0	3,288	33.0
Hertfordshire	1,902	22.4	2,334	26.8	2,531	31.3	2,671	31.0	3,796	31.4	3,079	29.0
Humberside	1,538	23.0	1,843	25.2	2,305	27.1	1,759	28.0	3,966	31.7	4,105	33.0
Isle of Wight	169	24.1	118	14.7	167	27.8	442	28.0	409	34.1	766	32.0
Kent	4,328	24.0	3,957	26.6	5,073	30.4	5,145	30.0	5,767	30.2	6,187	32.0
Lancashire	4,411	23.1	4,342	26.5	4,910	29.6	7,450	32.0	7,266	33.0	8,600	33.0
Leicestershire	1,571	23.4	2,197	25.2	1,916	29.0	2,541	32.0	3,221	31.9	3,376	31.0
Lincolnshire	1,681	25.1	1,983	26.4	1,469	31.9	2,321	33.0	2,269	29.5	2,029	33.0
Norfolk	1,631	24.0	2,128	25.9	2,039	29.6	2,677	31.0	2,466	31.6	3,289	34.0
North Yorkshire	1,927	25.7	1,535	25.6	1,571	30.8	2,318	33.0	3,103	34.1	2,254	34.0
Northamptonshire	1,313	23.4	1,232	24.2	1,450	29.6	2,610	30.0	2,809	33.4	2,848	32.0
Northumberland	665	23.7	747	29.9	837	31.0	1,236	32.0	1,014	32.7	1,113	34.0
Nottinghamshire	2,946	22.7	2,911	27.2	3,681	30.4	3,423	32.0	4,120	31.5	4,318	33.0
Oxfordshire	729	22.1	1,196	28.5	1,370	28.0	1,632	31.0	2,353	32.2	2,257	30.0
Shropshire	1,260	23.8	1,101	26.2	1,028	26.4	1,656	29.0	1,526	33.2	1,430	31.0
Somerset	1,261	26.3	1,916	27.8	1,971	29.0	2,413	32.0	2,861	34.9	3,089	33.0
Staffordshire	2,674	24.3	3,127	27.0	3,430	29.3	3,798	32.0	5,024	33.3	5,250	33.0
Suffolk	776	21.0	869	24.1	1,395	29.7	1,904	32.0	2,471	32.5	2,304	31.0
Surrey	2,295	22.7	2,197	25.2	2,622	27.3	3,209	32.0	3,126	31.3	2,697	31.0
Warwickshire	1,256	23.3	897	25.6	1,190	30.5	1,368	31.0	1,751	30.7	1,694	30.0
West Sussex	1,550	22.8	1,300	24.5	1,637	28.2	1,666	31.0	2,267	33.3	1,662	35.0
Wiltshire	1,220	24.4	1,669	27.8	1,548	31.6	2,249	34.0	2,112	30.2	1,551	30.0

(6) Not applicable.

(7) Costs based on less than five people are not shown.

(8) Staff who left teaching prior to the abolition of ILEA and have now retired, may still be recorded to ILEA as the last known LEA of employment.

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