Police: Termination of Employment: 3 Nov 2009: Written answers and statements (TheyWorkForYou.com)

Police: Termination of Employment

Home Department

Written answers and statements, 3 November 2009

Greg Mulholland (Leeds North West, Liberal Democrat)

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many (a) police officers and (b) police community support officers (i) were dismissed and (ii) resigned in each local authority area in each year since 2002.

David Hanson (Minister of State (Crime and Policing), Home Office; Delyn, Labour)

Police personnel data are not collected centrally at local authority area level. The available force-level data have been collected since 2002-03 and are given in the following tables.

Police Officer and PCSO dismissals and resignations by police force (full-time equivalent)^{( 1)} , 2002-03 to 2008-09^{( 2)}
Full-time equivalent
	2002-03^{( 3)}				2003-04
	Police Officer		PCSO		Police Officer		PCSO
Force name	Voluntary resignations	Dismissals	Voluntary resignations	Dismissals	Voluntary resignations	Dismissals	Voluntary resignations	Dismissals
Avon and Somerset	11	1	n/a	n/a	52	3	0	0
Bedfordshire	22	2	0	0	39	0	0	0
Cambridgeshire	22	4	0	0	23	2	3	0
Cheshire	10	2	0	0	21	0	3	0
Cleveland	3	5	0	0	23	3	1	0
Cumbria	9	2	0	0	11	1	0	0
Derbyshire	14	4	0	0	21	3	0	0
Devon and Cornwall	22	7	0	1	13	3	3	1
Dorset	11	2	0	0	18	1	0	0
Durham	4	0	1	0	19	1	2	0
Essex	12	n/a	n/a	n/a	36	3	4	0
Gloucestershire	10	n/a	n/a	n/a	16	2	3	0
Greater Manchester	43	3	1	1	126	11	20	5
Hampshire	35	3	0	0	68	6	0	0
Hertfordshire	28	3	0	0	56	4	1	0
Humberside	20	1	0	0	29	3	n/a	n/a
Kent	37	0	0	0	72	1	1	0
Lancashire	17	6	0	0	28	5	6	0
Leicestershire	20	0	0	0	35	1	7	2
Lincolnshire	10	0	1	0	16	1	8	1
London, City of	19	1	0	0	12	0	0	0
Merseyside	22	3	0	0	34	7	10	0
Metropolitan Police	453	19	11	1	552	22	110	5
Norfolk	9	1	0	0	10	1	2	1
Northamptonshire	9	0	1	0	26	2	1	0
Northumbria	35	3	0	0	29	6	0	0
North Yorkshire	11	0	0	0	15	3	n/a	n/a
Nottinghamshire	12	1	0	0	13	1	0	0
South Yorkshire	36	3	0	0	46	1	3	0
Staffordshire	7	1	0	0	27	6	1	0
Suffolk	14	1	0	0	28	2	0	0
Surrey	27	0	0	0	34	7	6	1
Sussex	35	0	0	0	124	6	8	2
Thames Valley	64	4	0	0	71	1	1	0
Warwickshire	14	1	0	0	19	2	4	0
West Mercia	18	0	0	0	27	4	4	1
West Midlands	89	11	0	0	107	4	1	0
West Yorkshire	34	6	0	0	46	6	18	1
Wiltshire	18	3	0	0	18	0	1	0
Dyfed-Powys	5	1	0	0	9	1	n/a	n/a
Gwent	1	1	0	0	15	0	9	1
North Wales	7	0	0	0	22	0	0	0
South Wales	20	3	0	0	21	4	4	0
Total	1,317	108	15	3	2,026	140	246	21

Full-time equivalent
	2004-05				2005-06
	Police Officer		PCSO		Police Officer		PCSO
Force name	Voluntary resignations	Dismissals	Voluntary resignations	Dismissals	Voluntary resignations	Dismissals	Voluntary resignations	Dismissals
Avon and Somerset	40	5	0	0	77	4	21	0
Bedfordshire	35	4	2	0	25	0	4	0
Cambridgeshire	34	4	15	1	26	2	16	0
Cheshire	26	2	2	0	37	3	6	0
Cleveland	20	4	7	0	24	3	5	0
Cumbria	15	0	0	0	11	2	4	1
Derbyshire	20	0	0	0	20	3	1	0
Devon and Cornwall	31	3	2	0	44	0	6	0
Dorset	20	3	4	1	22	3	4	1
Durham	19	1	0	0	15	1	6	0
Essex	66	2	14	0	79	9	32	0
Gloucestershire	16	0	8	0	19	2	9	2
Greater Manchester	128	5	13	0	186	21	21	0
Hampshire	47	5	0	0	64	6	6	0
Hertfordshire	54	2	11	0	55	2	21	1
Humberside	36	0	1	0	31	4	0	0
Kent	60	0	9	1	66	3	16	1
Lancashire	42	2	14	0	26	3	37	0
Leicestershire	36	1	3	0	45	3	11	0
Lincolnshire	19	0	9	0	20	0	11	0
London, City of	11	1	0	0	11	0	2	1
Merseyside	38	9	11	0	83	10	20	1
Metropolitan Police	422	32	234	14	337	28	378	23
Norfolk	13	2	3	0	22	1	7	1
Northamptonshire	30	0	1	0	24	1	2	0
Northumbria	34	2	3	0	38	2	17	1
North Yorkshire	18	0	14	0	17	2	8	0
Nottinghamshire	25	1	9	1	14	1	4	0
South Yorkshire	57	0	5	0	40	4	5	0
Staffordshire	43	3	2	0	24	2	9	1
Suffolk	26	3	1	0	14	4	5	0
Surrey	32	2	16	1	37	5	6	1
Sussex	113	2	21	6	82	5	34	1
Thames Valley	100	1	0	0	131	8	21	2
Warwickshire	15	2	5	0	12	2	12	0
West Mercia	21	2	2	0	19	4	4	0
West Midlands	119	18	4	0	137	8	26	2
West Yorkshire	72	2	55	1	89	5	68	0
Wiltshire	24	1	6	0	26	0	12	0
Dyfed-Powys	17	1	0	0	12	3	5	0
Gwent	17	2	2	1	20	3	11	1
North Wales	17	1	0	0	27	3	2	0
South Wales	18	3	11	0	29	3	11	2
Total	2,042	133	516	27	2,134	178	904	43

Full-time equivalent
	2006 - 07				2007 - 08
	Police Officer		PCSO		Police Officer		PCSO
Force name	Voluntary resignations	Dismissals	Voluntary resignations	Dismissals	Voluntary resignations	Dismissals	Voluntary resignations	Dismissals
Avon and Somerset	35	1	18	0	48	1	30	5
Bedfordshire	23	5	8	0	31	1	27	0
Cambridgeshire	28	1	13	0	12	4	24	1
Cheshire	24	4	15	0	17	3	13	5
Cleveland	25	0	12	0	23	2	13	0
Cumbria	17	0	5	0	11	1	22	0
Derbyshire	41	5	7	0	39	4	33	3
Devon and Cornwall	34	4	9	1	38	2	22	2
Dorset	19	3	10	1	26	2	2	0
Durham	16	0	9	0	19	1	27	2
Essex	81	5	38	2	73	1	41	0
Gloucestershire	20	2	9	0	18	0	13	1
Greater Manchester	159	6	36	4	136	8	99	5
Hampshire	49	1	13	0	46	5	32	0
Hertfordshire	63	2	13	0	50	4	26	1
Humberside	34	2	11	1	40	2	22	1
Kent	49	1	15	0	57	4	42	2
Lancashire	32	6	19	1	34	8	71	3
Leicestershire	27	2	19	1	53	7	31	1
Lincolnshire	16	3	12	0	16	0	16	0
London, City of	11	1	7	1	16	2	6	1
Merseyside	61	1	24	2	41	13	50	2
Metropolitan Police	531	31	309	15	360	23	655	30
Norfolk	24	1	11	1	16	1	18	2
Northamptonshire	19	3	11	0	25	2	21	2
Northumbria	48	8	19	4	46	9	43	3
North Yorkshire	32	0	11	1	31	2	5	0
Nottinghamshire	28	2	10	2	23	2	27	2
South Yorkshire	38	0	12	0	40	0	15	2
Staffordshire	22	6	11	2	24	8	24	1
Suffolk	12	2	8	0	23	2	13	2
Surrey	46	10	43	0	47	5	23	4
Sussex	76	5	38	2	76	1	50	3
Thames Valley	86	5	23	2	78	4	71	0
Warwickshire	18	0	7	0	20	1	12	0
West Mercia	38	1	21	0	32	0	39	0
West Midlands	105	26	45	1	91	16	93	4
West Yorkshire	65	3	51	1	84	8	110	7
Wiltshire	16	1	8	0	28	0	13	3
Dyfed-Powys	8	0	4	0	12	3	11	0
Gwent	16	1	16	1	24	6	14	3
North Wales	22	1	10	1	16	0	10	0
South Wales	39	1	18	1	80	2	36	1
Total	2,150	161	1,007	48	2,020	170	1,962	104

Full-time equivalent
	2008-09
	Police Officer		PCSO
Force name	Voluntary resignations	Dismissals	Voluntary resignations	Dismissals
Avon and Somerset	28	3	32	0
Bedfordshire	25	3	21	0
Cambridgeshire	25	0	35	1
Cheshire	17	2	31	1
Cleveland	19	3	7	0
Cumbria	21	1	30	0
Derbyshire	34	4	18	2
Devon and Cornwall	37	2	28	6
Dorset	14	2	16	2
Durham	16	2	37	5
Essex	53	4	36	0
Gloucestershire	12	1	18	0
Greater Manchester	97	7	99	3
Hampshire	45	4	63	1
Hertfordshire	34	5	30	0
Humberside	36	2	24	0
Kent	57	2	75	4
Lancashire	24	6	86	3
Leicestershire	35	2	36	3
Lincolnshire	15	0	28	2
London, City of	5	0	20	0
Merseyside	47	10	93	0
Metropolitan Police	383	19	512	38
Norfolk	31	5	74	1
Northamptonshire	19	4	22	0
Northumbria	48	4	58	1
North Yorkshire	28	2	11	1
Nottinghamshire	25	1	62	1
South Yorkshire	30	1	30	0
Staffordshire	22	1	36	0
Suffolk	32	2	13	0
Surrey	52	4	42	2
Sussex	60	2	58	2
Thames Valley	51	8	96	1
Warwickshire	9	1	18	0
West Mercia	28	1	39	0
West Midlands	109	8	106	1
West Yorkshire	73	6	55	4
Wiltshire	29	0	23	0
Dyfed-Powys	9	3	5	0
Gwent	22	2	20	0
North Wales	14	0	44	1
South Wales	88	2	27	0
Total	1,854	141	2,212	86
n/a = Data not available. ⁽¹⁾ Full-Time Equivalent figures that have been rounded to the nearest whole number. Because of rounding, there may be an apparent discrepancy between totals and the sums of the constituent items. Data have not previously been previously published in this format therefore totals may not match totals found in the published data. ⁽²⁾ Financial year runs 1 April to 31 March inclusive. Comparable data are not available prior to 2002-03. ⁽³⁾ Excludes quarters 1, 2 and 3, as data are not available.

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