§ Mr. RedmondTo ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will list by sex, and by year for the last 10 years, the average number of police officer days lost for reasons of sickness in each police division.
§ Sir John WheelerThe available information is as follows:
Table 1—Average days lost per member Year Male Female Force Day type 1984 n/a n/a 14.37 Total 1985 n/a n/a 14.94 Total 1986 n/a n/a 16.71 Total 1987 n/a n/a 16.77 Total 1988 n/a n/a 19.00 Total 1989 18.95 31.98 19.79 Total 1990 19.27 33.11 20.19 Total 1991 13.71 23.61 14.40 Work 1992 13.70 21.06 14.49 Work 1993 13.80 18.93 14.16 Work
Table 2 Average Work Days Lost per Member Year Police Division 1991 1992 1993 1991 1992 1993 A 16.2 16.8 14.7 B 13.6 13.5 11.2 D 16.3 17.5 16.9 E 15.7 17.0 17.4 G 16.7 17.8 17.9 H 13.9 12.6 12.6 J 16.4 21.2 16.7 K 12.7 12.4 12.4 L 10.2 10.3 10.4 N 13.2 11.8 10.0 O 15.4 18.8 19.3 P 19.6 16.3 18.9 Notes:—
(i) Sick absence includes both RUC Regular and Full-Time Reserve officers;
(ii) Breakdown by police division for male/female absence is not available;
(iii) Force headquarters staff and specialist units ie Traffic Branch etc. are not included within divisional figures;
(iv) TOTAL days lost are based on 365-day calendar year; whereas WORK days lost are based on a 228-day year (ie calendar year less rest days, Public Holidays etc);
(v) The police divisional headquarters are located as follows:
- A Musgrave street, Belfast
- B Grosvenor road, Belfast
- D Antrim road, Belfast
- E Strandtown, Belfast
- G Newtownards
268 - H Armagh
- J Mahon road, Portadown
- K Dungannon
- L Enniskillen
- N Strand road, Londonderry
- O Coleraine
- P Ballymena