Your Request

 Please provide the following information for the five-year period immediately preceding the introduction of the Police Education Qualifications Framework (PEQF):

The total number of police officers recruited in each year.

The number of those officers who successfully completed their probationary period. The number of those officers who remain serving in the rank of Police Constable.

For officers recruited during this period who are no longer serving, please provide: The number who left voluntarily (resignation).

The number who were dismissed.

Any other recorded reasons for leaving, with the number of officers in each category. Where possible, please provide the data broken down by recruitment year and officer entry route.

Freedom of Information Act 2000

 I can confirm that the information requested is held by Durham Constabulary. I have detailed within the tables below the information that is being released to you, noting that the termination data provided is those individuals who left the organisation within their 2 year probationary period. Any other individuals whom have left outside of that period have not been included in the count.

All leavers counted within the below table were via voluntary resignation.