§ Mr. Hilary BennTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list the average number of days taken on sick leave per police officer for each police force in England for the latest year for which figures are available. [116055]
§ Mr. Charles ClarkeThe average number of days taken on sick leave per police officer in each force in England in 1998–99 is shown in the table, which also includes data on the four forces in Wales.
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Police days lost through sickness Average police strength Average days sick per officer Avon and Somerset 31,470 3,012 10.4 Bedfordshire 14,572 1,041 14.0 Cambridgeshire 15,393 1,295 11.9 Cheshire 28,452 2,111 13.5 City of London 10,449 790 13.2 Cleveland 17,486 1,471 11.9 Cumbria 11,732 1,160 10.1 Derbyshire 21,753 1,777 12.2 Devon and Cornwall 31,228 2,946 10.6 Dorset 12,967 1,303 10.0 Durham 15,974 1,552 10.3 Dyfed-Powys 9,966 1,044 9.5
Police days lost through sickness Average police strength Average days sick per officer Essex 38,748 2,936 13.2 Gloucestershire 12,964 1,113 11.6 Greater Manchester 97,682 6,913 14.1 Gwent 14,674 1,250 11.7 Hampshire 33,221 3,470 9.6 Hertfordshire 18,952 1,752 10.8 Humberside 17,142 2,021 8.5 Kent 36,500 3,269 11.2 Lancashire 39,188 3,331 11.8 Leicestershire 24,235 2,037 11.9 Lincolnshire 15.609 1,171 13.3 Merseyside 49,525 4,373 11.3 Metropolitan Police 289,791 26,566 10.9 Norfolk 16,333 1,426 11.5 North Wales 16,759 1,416 11.8 North Yorkshire 16,381 1,360 12.0 Northamptonshire 12,530 1,167 10.7 Northumbria 44,145 3,854 11.5 Nottinghamshire 31,128 2,248 13.8 South Wales 48,958 2,989 16.4 South Yorkshire 38,349 3,165 12.1 Staffordshire 28,418 2,279 12.5 Suffolk 11,668 1,195 9.8 Surrey 17,332 16,80 10.3 Sussex 31,918 2,962 10.8 Thames Valley 49,894 3,822 13.1 Warwickshire 12,495 925 13.5 West Mercia 22,796 2,033 11.2 West Midlands 88,341 7,250 12.2 West Yorkshire 59,911 5,053 11.9 Wiltshire 11,111 1,169 9.5 England and Wales Total 1,468,140 125,695 11.7