§ Mr. SweeneyTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to his answer of 2 February,Official Report, columns 126–28, if he will give the figures for days lost in each police force in England and Wales due to (a) assault-related sick leave and (b) sick leave not due to assaults in 1990 and 1991 expressed as an average per officer employed in the force at these dates.
§ Mr. Charles WardleThe information requested is as follows.
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Force Average days sickness per officer due to assault 1990 Average days sickness per officer non-assault 1990 Average days sickness per officer due to assault 1991 Average days sickness per officer non-assault 1991 Nottinghamshire 0.56 11.54 0.46 11.54 South Wales 0.78 13.11 0.91 14.92 South Yorkshire 0.43 11.73 0.20 12.25 Staffordshire 0.51 14.45 0.50 15.98 Suffolk 0.37 7.44 0.28 7.19 Surrey 0.49 8.83 0.38 11.10 Sussex 0.34 9.76 0.58 13.11 Thames Valley 0.31 6.97 0.20 9.60 Warwickshire 0.43 11.81 0.27 13.78 West Mercia 0.24 12.08 0.20 12.76 West Midlands 0.00 7.09 0.19 9.37 West Yorkshire 0.46 10.42 0.56 12.02 Wiltshire 0.39 8.50 0.33 7.67 Metropolitan police 0.27 12.39 0.37 10.91 Calculated using authorised strength figures for 31 December 1990 and 1991