§ Mr. BurnsTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list the absentee rates among police officers for(a) training and (b) sickness in the Essex constabulary in each year from March 1997 to the latest date for which figures are available. [154483]
§ Mr. Charles ClarkeNo central collection is made of information about absentee rates for training and Essex police have advised me that they are unable to provide this information.
71WHer Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary (HMIC) collect data from forces on police sickness absence. The annual rates of sickness for Essex police from 1996–97 to 1999–2000 are as follows:
Number of working days lost through sickness per police officer 1996–97 10 1997–98 11.6 1998–99 13.4 1999–2000 14.6