§ Mr. ChidgeyTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list for each police force in England and Wales and for each year since 1992(a) the total number of sickness days taken due to assault, (b) the average number of days lost per police officer due to assault and (c) the total cost to each police force. [11505]
§ Mr. MichaelThe information requested is shown in the table. Information on the total cost of the days lost as a result of assaults on police officers is not held centrally.
align="center">Total number of days sick leave due to assault Forces 1993 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 Avon and Somerset 906 1,106 1— 2,090 Bedfordshire 341 247 334 750 Cambridgeshire 400 270 219 377 Cheshire 1,119 221 799 653 City of London 9 145 46 1— Cleveland 1,069 513 392 417 Cumbria 457 271 512 260 Derbyshire 1,502 612 814 756 Devon and Cornwall 712 445 574 920 Dorset 490 492 37 140 Durham 448 602 817 438 Dyfed-Powys 557 251 306 495 Essex 582 469 749 275 Gloucestershire 482 319 149 323 Greater Manchester 1,427 2,413 2,492 1,647 Gwent 342 90 132 669 Hampshire 1,535 537 1,026 1— Hertfordshire 214 218 101 268 Humberside 727 627 458 276 Kent 400 593 302 207 Lancashire 1,160 1,016 1,779 950 Leicestershire 469 992 598 550 Lincolnshire 709 697 719 601 Merseyside 2,825 3,325 3,160 2,229 Metropolitan police 11,323 11,686 5,000 9,723 Norfolk 256 289 1— 111 North Wales 61 71 28 450 North Yorkshire 119 76 86 33 Northamptonshire 370 339 69 486 Nortrmmbria 4,048 2,596 2,471 2,453 Nottinghamshire 1,161 700 776 876 South Wales 3,414 2,502 2,455 1,316 South Yorkshire 697 1,040 482 607 Staffordshire 345.50 346 401 483 Suffolk 122 66 75 778 Surrey 240 100 282 216 Sussex 738 798 688 1,050 Thames Valley 668 895 1,073 896 Warwickshire 375 382 379 312 WestMercia 504 398 427 773 West Midlands 2,054.19 2,806 2,165 3,072 West Yorkshire 2,017 1,318 1— 2,476 Wiltshire 249 179 259 320 Provincial total 36,320.69 31,302 228,631 231,999 England and Wales total 47,643.69 42,988 233,631 241,506 1Information not available. 2 Incomplete totals. 555W
align="center">Average number of days sick leave per assault Forces 1993 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 Avon and Somerset 10.53 21.69 1— 14.72 Bedfordshire 13.12 9.15 9.28 25.86 Cambridgeshire 17.39 15.00 14.60 25.13 Cheshire 19.29 9.61 19.49 13.06 City of London 3.00 24.17 9.20 1—
align="center">Average number of days sick leave per assault Forces 1993 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 Cleveland 19.80 17.69 9.80 13.45 Cumbria 19.04 10.42 16.52 10.00 Derbyshire 32.65 14.23 18.93 12.60 Devon and Cornwall 10.79 9.08 13.67 20.00 Dorset 18.85 28.94 4.63 15.56 Durham 13.18 12.29 18.16 18.25 Dyfed-Powys 27.85 10.04 9.00 11.79 Essex 10.39 12.34 14.69 9.82 Gloucestershire 17.21 9.38 13.55 10.09 Greater Manchester 8.49 16.87 22.86 11.60 Gwent 21.38 7.50 11.00 22.30 Hampshire 17.64 13.77 17.10 1— Hertfordshire 9.30 10.38 25.25 14.11 Humberside 12.32 22.39 12.38 8.36 Kent 9.30 11.40 7.55 6.27 Lancashire 12.08 10.92 25.06 12.18 Leicestershire 8.53 15.90 11.73 9.33 Lincolnshire 12.66 18.34 23.19 17.68 Merseyside 20.62 23.58 24.12 22.07 Metropolitan police 12.36 12.21 13.70 23.10 Norfolk 7.11 14.45 1— 8.56 North Wales 4.36 5.92 3.50 13.64 North Yorkshire 7.93 10.86 7.82 8.25 Northamptonshire 18.50 26.08 8.63 17.36 Northumbria 21.31 21.11 23.09 20.97 Nottinghamshire 20.73 12.96 14.92 17.88 South Wales 21.88 19.86 25.31 13.29 South Yorkshire 20.50 26.67 11.21 7.78 Staffordshire 9.34 7.36 10.84 14.21 Suffolk 6.78 9.43 5.77 12.75 Surrey 10.43 11.11 16.59 10.29 Sussex 17.57 17.73 21.50 26.25 Thames Valley 22.27 24.86 39.74 22.97 Warwickshire 14.42 13.17 10.83 12.48 West Mercia 14.82 9.71 13.34 12.67 West Midlands 13.97 9.95 13.53 21.04 West Yorkshire 13.36 13.05 1— 4.01 Wiltshire 10.83 8.95 17.27 15.24 Provincial total 15.51 15.11 217.44 212.47 England and Wales total 14.62 14.20 216.76 213.98 1Information not available 2Incomplete totals 556W
align="center">Average number of days sick leave due to assault per officer Forces 1993 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 Avon and Somerset 0.3 0.4 1— 0.7 Bedfordshire 0.3 0.2 0.3 0.7 Cambridgeshire 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.3 Cheshire 0.6 0.1 0.4 0.3 City of London 0.0 0.2 0.1 0.0 Cleveland 0.7 0.4 0.3 0.3 Cumbria 0.4 0.2 0.4 0.2 Derbyshire 0.8 0.3 0.5 0.4 Devon and Cornwall 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.3 Dorset 0.4 0.4 0.0 0.1 Durham 0.3 0.4 0.6 0.3 Dyfed-Powys 0.6 0.3 0.3 0.5 Essex 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.1 Gloucestershire 0.4 0.3 0.1 0.3 Greater Manchester 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.2 Gwent 0.3 0.1 0.1 0.5 Hampshire 0.5 0.2 0.3 0.0 Hertfordshire 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2 Humberside 0.4 0.3 0.2 0.1 Kent 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.1 Lancashire 0.4 0.3 0.6 0.3 Leicestershire 0.3 0.5 0.3 0.4 Lincolnshire 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.5 Merseyside 0.6 0.7 0.7 0.5
align="center">Average number of days sick leave due to assault per officer Forces 1993 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 Metropolitan police 0.4 0.4 0.2 1— Norfolk 0.2 0.2 1— 0.1 North Wales 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.3 North Yorkshire 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.0 Northamptonshire 0.3 0.3 0.1 0.4 Northumbria 1.1 0.7 0.7 0.7 Nottinghamshire 0.5 0.3 0.3 0.4 South Wales 1.1 0.8 0.8 1— South Yorkshire 0.2 0.3 0.2 0.2 Staffordshire 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 Suffolk 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.7 Surrey 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.1 Sussex 0.2 0.3 0.2 0.3 Thames Valley 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.2 Warwickshire 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.3 West Mercia 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.4 West Midlands 0.3 0.4 0.3 0.4 West Yorkshire 0.4 0.3 1— 0.5 Wiltshire 0.2 0.1 0.2 0.3 Provincial total 0.4 0.3 20.3 20.3 England and Wales total 0.4 0.3 20.3 20.4 1Information not available 2Incomplete totals