1 Apr 2008 : Column 772W—continued
| Police officer number of medical retirements per 1,000 officers( 1) (FTE)( 2) by force from 2000-01 to 2000-01( 3) |
| Number |
| | 2000-01 | 2001-02 | 2002-03 | 2003-04 | 2004-05 |
|
Avon and Somerset
|
14
|
14
|
11
|
3
|
5
|
|
Bedfordshire
|
17
|
8
|
6
|
1
|
2
|
|
Cambridgeshire
|
9
|
7
|
6
|
3
|
1
|
|
Cheshire
|
11
|
11
|
12
|
7
|
5
|
|
City of London
|
13
|
10
|
5
|
9
|
5
|
|
Cleveland
|
6
|
14
|
7
|
6
|
7
|
|
Cumbria
|
23
|
6
|
6
|
3
|
2
|
|
Derbyshire
|
7
|
5
|
6
|
1
|
4
|
|
Devon and Cornwall
|
5
|
6
|
3
|
2
|
3
|
|
Dorset
|
9
|
7
|
2
|
6
|
3
|
|
Durham
|
5
|
9
|
7
|
4
|
4
|
|
Dyfed-Powys
|
13
|
12
|
10
|
6
|
8
|
|
Essex
|
12
|
11
|
7
|
5
|
4
|
|
Gloucestershire
|
6
|
9
|
11
|
4
|
2
|
|
Greater Manchester
|
16
|
8
|
5
|
1
|
2
|
|
Gwent
|
13
|
18
|
16
|
6
|
9
|
|
Hampshire
|
5
|
5
|
3
|
3
|
2
|
|
Hertfordshire
|
7
|
4
|
3
|
1
|
0
|
|
Humberside
|
11
|
5
|
5
|
1
|
4
|
|
Kent
|
9
|
11
|
6
|
2
|
2
|
|
Lancashire
|
9
|
12
|
6
|
4
|
3
|
|
Leicestershire
|
14
|
3
|
4
|
3
|
3
|
|
Lincolnshire
|
3
|
3
|
8
|
2
|
6
|
|
Merseyside
|
12
|
14
|
12
|
6
|
6
|
|
Metropolitan Police
|
9
|
8
|
5
|
2
|
2
|
|
Norfolk
|
7
|
11
|
9
|
4
|
6
|
|
Northamptonshire
|
7
|
5
|
3
|
2
|
2
|
|
Northumbria
|
7
|
8
|
5
|
2
|
1
|
|
North Wales
|
22
|
13
|
9
|
4
|
4
|
|
North Yorkshire
|
28
|
11
|
6
|
5
|
5
|
|
Nottinghamshire
|
7
|
6
|
7
|
5
|
6
|
|
South Wales
|
24
|
16
|
10
|
4
|
2
|
|
South Yorkshire
|
9
|
9
|
5
|
4
|
1
|
|
Staffordshire
|
4
|
11
|
10
|
6
|
6
|
|
Suffolk
|
12
|
11
|
10
|
6
|
2
|
|
Surrey
|
9
|
12
|
6
|
5
|
3
|
|
Sussex
|
6
|
6
|
3
|
1
|
4
|
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|
Thames Valley
|
5
|
4
|
7
|
4
|
2
|
|
Warwickshire
|
16
|
7
|
8
|
4
|
3
|
|
West Mercia
|
14
|
14
|
9
|
5
|
4
|
|
West Midlands
|
4
|
4
|
3
|
2
|
1
|
|
West Yorkshire
|
9
|
13
|
5
|
2
|
1
|
|
Wiltshire
|
5
|
3
|
13
|
2
|
5
|
(1) Data collated on behalf of and published by HMIC.
(2) This table is based on 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.
(3) Financial year runs 1 April to 31 March inclusive.
|
Police: Sick Leave
Mr. Ruffley:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what rates of sick leave were reported in each police force in each year since 1997. [195617]
Mr. McNulty:
The data for the amount of police officer and police staff working time lost to sickness, have been collected centrally from 2002-03.
Police officer and police staff sickness absence data for 2002-03 onwards are available on the Home Office website, located at:
For 2002-03 and 2003-04, the data are given in the 2003-04 Police Performance Monitoring report, in the form of police officer and staff days lost per person per year.
For 2004-05 onwards, the data are given in the annual Police Performance Assessment reports, in the form of average number of police officer and staff hours lost per person per year.
