Question follow-through · 17638
Metropolitan Police: Retirement
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what data her Department holds on the number of Metropolitan police officers who have left the service before retirement age in each year, due to the staff rotation policy of the metropolitan police.
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- Answering body
- Home Office
- Tabled
- 9 Jul 2026
- Target answer date
- 13 Jul 2026
- Answer
- 20 Jul 2026 · 11 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
9 Jul 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what data her Department holds on the number of Metropolitan police officers who have left the service before retirement age in each year, due to the staff rotation policy of the metropolitan police.
13 Jul 2026
Target answer date
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20 Jul 2026
Answer published
The Home Office does not hold data on the number of police officers leaving the Metropolitan Police Service due to staff rotation policy.The Home Office collects and publishes data annually on the number of police officers leaving the police service and t...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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