HC Deb 30 November 1999 vol 340 cc83-5W
Mr. Rendel

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many full-time equivalent MOD police officers were employed at AWE Aldermaston in each month from November 1998 to November 1999. [100682]

Mr. Spellar

I am withholding this information in accordance with exemption 1(a) (national security) of the Code of Practice on Access to Government Information.

Mr. Rendel

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what guidance he has issued to the MOD police in respect of overtime worked by officers at AWE Aldermaston. [100686]

Mr. Spellar

No specific guidance has been issued to the MOD police at AWE Aldermaston in respect of overtime. It is force policy to minimise the use of overtime commensurate with meeting the operational requirement. All overtime working is voluntary.

Mr. Rendel

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what was the average number of days sickness leave taken among MOD police officers at AWE Aldermaston in each month from November 1998 to November 1999. [100685]

Mr. Spellar

The information requested is not collected in days, but rather in hours. The table records the average number of hours of sickness, per officer, per month at AWE Aldermaston.

Month Average number of sickness hours, per officer, per day
November 1998 10.2
December 1998 9.6
January 1999 13.6
February 1999 10.4
March 1999 11.5
April 1999 10.4
May 1999 11.9
June 1999 12.5
July 1999 10.0
August 1999 10.5
September 1999 9.1
October 1999 11.6

Note:

The figures for November 1999 are not available at this time

Mr. Rendel

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what was the average amount of overtime worked by MOD police officers at AWE Aldermaston in each month from November 1998 to November 1999. [100683]

Mr. Spellar

The information requested is shown in the table.

Month Overtime hours per officer/month
November 1998 38.0
December 1998 30.2
January 1999 31.7
February 1999 32.4
March 1999 40.4
April 1999 39.4
May 1999 38.0
June 1999 42.4
July 1999 38.9
August 1999 39.4
September 1999 42.9
October 1999 31.7

Note:

The figures for November 1999 are not available at this time

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