HC Deb 07 November 2000 vol 356 cc206-8W
Mr. Burstow

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many police officers were on long-term sick leave in(a) each English police force and (b) each Metropolitan police divisional force for the last year for which such statistics are available; what proportion of total establishment officer strength this represents in each case; and if he will make a statement. [134988]

Mr. Charles Clarke

[holding answer 6 November 2000]: The information is given in the tables. It is based on the number of officers who have been on sick leave for more than 28 days on the particular date mentioned.

Forces Police officers on long-term sick leave on 31 March 2000 Percentage strength on long-term sick leave
Avon and Somerset 53 1.8
Bedfordshire 24 2.3
Cambridgeshire 41 3.3
Cheshire 83 4.1
City of London 16 2.2
Cumbria 36 3.3
Derbyshire 63 3.5
Devon and Cornwall 99 3.5
Dorset 23 1.8
Durham 23 1.5
Essex 61 2.2
Gloucestershire 16 1.4
Greater Manchester 220 3.2
Hertfordshire 27 1.5
Humberside 35 1.8
Kent 53 1.7
Lancashire 81 2.5
Leicestershire 42 2.1
Lincolnshire 19 1.7
Merseyside 124 3.0
Metropolitan Police 397 1.6
Norfolk 23 1.7
Northamptonshire 16 1.4
Northumbria 57 1.5
North Yorkshire 46 3.6
Nottinghamshire 54 2.4
South Yorkshire 86 2.7
Staffordshire 60 2.8
Suffolk 21 1.8
Surrey 28 1.6
Sussex 72 2.6
Thames Valley 102 2.7
Warwickshire 28 3.1
West Mercia 32 1.7
West Midlands 176 2.4
West Yorkshire 104 2.2
Wiltshire 11 1.0

Note:

Figures for Cleveland and Hampshire are not available

London borough Number of officers on long-term sick leave at 31 July 2000 Percentage of total strength
Barking and Dagenham 8 3.0
Barnet 11 2.2
Bexley 3 1.1
Brent 17 3.0
Bromley 8 1.9
Camden 5 0.8
City of Westminster 34 2.2
Croydon 9 1.6
Ealing 12 2.1
Enfield 8 1.7
Greenwich 17 2.8
Hackney 12 1.9
Hammersmith 7 1.4
Haringey 11 2.2
Harrow 3 1.1
London borough Number of officers on long-term sick leave at 31 July 2000 Percentage of total strength
Havering 9 2.9
Heathrow Airport 7 2.3
Hillingdon 11 3.1
Hounslow 6 1.5
Islington 11 2.1
Kensington and Chelsea 7 1.3
Kingston upon Thames 6 2.4
Lambeth 13 1.5
Lewisham 7 1.2
Merton 3 1.1
Newham 5 0.9
Redbridge 16 3.9
Richmond upon Thames 5 1.8
Southwark 13 1.7
Sutton 7 2.3
Tower Hamlets 6 1.1
Waltham Forest 13 3.0
Wandsworth 8 1.4