Police officer sickness - 933/18

Provision of information held by Northumbria Police made under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (the 'Act')

As you may be aware the purpose of the Act is to allow a general right of access to information held at the time of a request, by a Public Authority (including the Police), subject to certain limitations and exemptions.

You asked:

1. How many days off work did Police Officers take due to ill-health, sickness etc in each calendar year since 2010?
2. How many Police Officers took more than one day off work due to mental health reasons in each calendar year since 2010?
3. How many Police Officers have been taken off duty and restricted to desk, back office or other non-patrol jobs because they have been deemed not fit for work in each calendar year since 2010?

 

Clarity was sought for your end date parameter and you said that you wanted the information each calendar year 2010 to date.

In Response:

Following receipt of your request, searches were conducted with the Human Resources Department of Northumbria Police. I can confirm that the information you have requested is held by Northumbria Police.

I am able to disclose the located information to you as follows.

1.

Year	Days
2010	26313
2011	29024
2012	33742
2013	26830
2014	27994
2015	27910
2016	25584
2017	24377
2018	17781

*2018 up to and including 21/09/18

2.

Year	No. of Officers
2010	125
2011	160
2012	171
2013	151
2014	197
2015	206
2016	200
2017	197
2018	160

*2018 up to and including 21/09/18

3. No information held.  Not all restrictions result in an officer being removed to ‘non-patrol jobs’ or restricted to desk / back office duties.  Depending on the type of restriction, this decision often rests locally and therefore data is not available to respond to this question.

Due to the different methods of recording information across 43 forces, a specific response from one constabulary should not be seen as an indication of what information could be supplied (within cost) by another. Systems used for recording these figures are not generic, nor are the procedures used locally in capturing the data. For this reason responses between forces may differ, and should not be used for comparative purposes.