Sickness, Stress and Occupational Health Referrals - 1493/21

Date Responded 16 November 2021

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You asked:

FTE figures for (i) police officers and (ii) police staff in your force.
Instances of police officers/police staff who took sick leave of 28 days or less.
Number of police officers (FTE)/police staff (FTE) who took sick leave of 29 days or more.
Instances of police officers /police staff who took sick leave of 29 days or more.
Number of police officers (FTE)/police staff (FTE) who took sick leave of more than 28 days.
Instances of police officers/police staff who were absent through psychological illness and stress-related conditions.
Number of police officers (FTE)/police staff (FTE) who were absent due to psychological disorder and stress-related absence.
Number of occupational health referrals made for (i) police officers and (ii) police staff.

In regards to question 5, you provided the following clarification:

“Number 5 should read:

5. Number of police officers (FTE)/police staff (FTE) who took sick leave of 28 days or less.”

In Response:

1. FTE figures for (i) police officers and (ii) police staff in your force.

	Police Officers	Police Staff
2019/20	3092.37	1725.03
2020/21	3166.03	1850.85

2. Instances of police officers/police staff who took sick leave of 28 days or less.

	Police Officers	Police Staff
2019/20	2246	1690
2020/21	1735	1411

3. Number of police officers (FTE)/police staff (FTE) who took sick leave of 29 days or more.

	Police Officers	Police Staff
2019/20	230.36	120.33
2020/21	159.41	116.7

4. Instances of police officers /police staff who took sick leave of 29 days or more.

	Police Officers	Police Staff
2019/20	248	144
2020/21	166	136

5. Number of police officers (FTE)/police staff (FTE) who took sick leave of more than 28 days.

	Police Officers	Police Staff
2019/20	1324.29	846.52
2020/21	1142.61	710.92

6. Instances of police officers/police staff who were absent through psychological illness and stress-related conditions.

	Police Officers	Police Staff
2019/20	262	199
2020/21	211	184

7. Number of police officers (FTE)/police staff (FTE) who were absent due to psychological disorder and stress-related absence.

	Police Officers	Police Staff
2019/20	225.8	152.4
2020/21	189.65	140.8

8. Number of occupational health referrals made for (i) police officers and (ii) police staff.

	Police Officers	Police Staff
2019/20	871	384.0
2020/21	876	357.0

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