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David Davis:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what discussions he has had with the Prime Minister about merging police forces in England and Wales since his appointment. [77126]
Mr. McNulty:
My right hon. Friend the Home Secretary has regular discussions with his right hon. Friend the Prime Minister, about the whole range of my responsibilities.
Lynne Featherstone:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many (a) serving and (b) former police officers of each police force have been imprisoned in each of the last five years. [77155]
Mr. McNulty:
The information requested is not held centrally.
20 Jun 2006 : Column 1842W
David Simpson:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many police recruits have dropped out of training in each police force in each of the last five years; and what percentage this represents of the total number of recruits in each year. [77427]
Mr. McNulty:
The figures in table A refer to police recruits who have voluntarily resigned from their force within their probationary period. Data are only available from 2003 onwards. The figures in table B are force recruitment data for the same period. The probationary period is two years in length and an officer may be recruited in one year and then resign in the next. For this reason, it is not possible accurately to cross-reference the two sets of data so as to express the number of resignations during any given year as a percentage of the officers recruited during that year.
| Table A: Probationer officer leavers full-time equivalent( 1) by year |
| | As at 31 March |
| Force | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 |
|
Avon and Somerset
|
6
|
21
|
18
|
|
Bedfordshire
|
16
|
25
|
26
|
|
Cambridgeshire
|
14
|
9
|
16
|
|
Cheshire
|
6
|
6
|
5
|
|
Cleveland
|
0
|
15
|
10
|
|
Cumbria
|
4
|
3
|
8
|
|
Derbyshire
|
4
|
9
|
8
|
|
Devon and Cornwall
|
10
|
5
|
17
|
|
Dorset
|
6
|
12
|
12
|
|
Durham
|
3
|
3
|
12
|
|
Dyfed-Powys
|
2
|
4
|
9
|
|
Essex
|
5
|
13
|
35
|
|
Gloucestershire
|
5
|
8
|
11
|
|
Greater Manchester
|
20
|
67
|
71
|
|
Gwent
|
0
|
2
|
5
|
|
Hampshire
|
20
|
40
|
24
|
|
Hertfordshire
|
16
|
39
|
40
|
|
Humberside
|
2
|
17
|
13
|
|
Kent
|
13
|
31
|
18
|
|
Lancashire
|
2
|
12
|
19
|
|
Leicestershire
|
5
|
8
|
19
|
|
Lincolnshire
|
8
|
7
|
7
|
|
London, City of
|
8
|
5
|
4
|
|
Merseyside
|
8
|
11
|
16
|
|
Metropolitan Police
|
289
|
377
|
200
|
|
Norfolk
|
5
|
6
|
4
|
|
Northamptonshire
|
7
|
6
|
3
|
|
Northumbria
|
4
|
10
|
11
|
|
North Wales
|
2
|
1
|
3
|
|
North Yorkshire
|
0
| |
0
|
|
Nottinghamshire
|
0
|
6
|
7
|
|
South Wales
|
11
|
8
|
9
|
|
South Yorkshire
|
18
|
15
|
20
|
|
Staffordshire
|
5
|
13
|
28
|
|
Suffolk
|
9
|
17
|
13
|
|
Surrey
|
15
|
20
|
19
|
|
Sussex
|
24
|
84
|
74
|
|
Thames Valley
|
32
|
34
|
60
|
|
Warwickshire
|
5
|
4
|
0
|
|
West Mercia
|
6
|
11
|
8
|
|
West Midlands
|
51
|
46
|
45
|
|
West Yorkshire
|
16
|
24
|
28
|
|
Wiltshire
|
8
|
7
|
6
|
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|
Total
|
690
|
1,060
|
961
|
(1) Full-time equivalent includes those on career breaks or maternity/paternity leave
|
| Table B: Police officer joiners( 1) |
| | As at 31 March |
| Force | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 |
|
Avon and Somerset
|
40
|
317
|
93
|
|
Bedfordshire
|
89
|
178
|
106
|
|
Cambridgeshire
|
77
|
107
|
99
|
|
Cheshire
|
141
|
153
|
82
|
|
Cleveland
|
129
|
138
|
83
|
|
Cumbria
|
63
|
113
|
51
|
|
Derbyshire
|
146
|
146
|
64
|
|
Devon and Cornwall
|
138
|
131
|
200
|
|
Dorset
|
72
|
86
|
76
|
|
Durham
|
21
|
104
|
79
|
|
Dyfed-Powys
|
7
|
53
|
35
|
|
Essex
|
40
|
225
|
276
|
|
Gloucestershire
|
53
|
98
|
60
|
|
Greater Manchester
|
113
|
978
|
233
|
|
Gwent
|
45
|
78
|
102
|
|
Hampshire
|
267
|
282
|
204
|
|
Hertfordshire
|
202
|
279
|
155
|
|
Humberside
|
57
|
188
|
126
|
|
Kent
|
192
|
290
|
191
|
|
Lancashire
|
240
|
311
|
148
|
|
Leicestershire
|
116
|
245
|
123
|
|
Lincolnshire
|
64
|
44
|
59
|
|
London, City of
|
45
|
52
|
39
|
|
Merseyside
|
101
|
192
|
389
|
|
Metropolitan Police
|
2,443
|
2,974
|
1,880
|
|
Norfolk
|
71
|
56
|
77
|
|
Northamptonshire
|
45
|
99
|
109
|
|
Northumbria
|
151
|
197
|
159
|
|
North Wales
|
75
|
66
|
71
|
|
North Yorkshire
|
99
|
82
|
71
|
|
Nottinghamshire
|
89
|
138
|
138
|
|
South Wales
|
180
|
173
|
118
|
|
South Yorkshire
|
103
|
261
|
205
|
|
Staffordshire
|
29
|
137
|
117
|
|
Suffolk
|
81
|
113
|
37
|
|
Surrey
|
93
|
116
|
129
|
|
Sussex
|
139
|
320
|
229
|
|
Thames Valley
|
306
|
479
|
361
|
|
Warwickshire
|
57
|
51
|
59
|
|
West Mercia
|
235
|
88
|
90
|
|
West Midlands
|
478
|
408
|
476
|
|
West Yorkshire
|
277
|
337
|
566
|
|
Wiltshire
|
63
|
120
|
70
|
|
Total
|
7,471
|
11,003
|
8,035
|
(1) Joiners include constables who were previously Special Constables or joined as a Police Standard Direct Recruit or on the Police High Potential Development scheme. Figures are based on full-time equivalent which includes those on career breaks or maternity/paternity leave.
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