Budget for well-being programmes from 2019/20 to 2021/22

Freedom of information request reference no: 01.FOI.22.023652

I note you seek access to the following information:

1. Does your force have a central budget for providing well-being programmes for employees of your force? If so, please say what the spend was in
(a) 2019/20,
(b) 2020/21 and what is the budget for spending on this in
(c) 2021/22?

2. In relation to the spend in 2020/21 please break down the total as much as possible giving the spend on each individual unit.

3. In relation to the spend up to the date of this email in 2021/22 please break down the total as much as possible giving the spend on each individual unit.

4. If not already included in your answer to Question 3 please answer the following questions. For the current financial year up to the date of this e-mail what has been your force’s well-being spend on:
(i) yoga,
(ii) meditation,
(iii) winter sports such as skiing (please details the individual sports),
(iv) water sports such as canoeing (please detail the individual sports) and
(v) cultural activities such as theatre/gallery trips (please detail the individual trips).

Decision

I have today decided to disclose the located information to you in full.

Please find below information pursuant to your request above.

Q1 - Does your force have a budget for providing well-being programmes for employees of your force?
If so, please say what the spend was in
(a) 2019/20,
(b) 2020/21 and what is the budget for spending on this in
(c) 2021/22?

Yes.

Occupational Health (OH) Service

Our occupational health provider, Optima Health, offers an MPS wide Health and Wellbeing service staffed by circa 100 specialist nurses, doctors, physiotherapists, psychiatrists, psychologists, counsellors, health coaches and administrative staff.
It accesses other medical/health specialists for complex assessments and short-term interventional treatment programmes where required. The service also delivers a Wellbeing Outreach Service and Employee Assistance Scheme.

MPS Staff

We currently have a dedicated in-house team of 5 full-time equivalent (FTE) staff to facilitate and support the OH service.

Spend and budget details are as follows:

(a) 2019/20 - £9,145,000.
(b) 2020/21- £9,597,542.
(c) 2021/22 - £9,986,841.

Q2 - In relation to the spend in 2020/21 please break down the total as much as possible giving the spend on each individual unit.

OH Service - £9,159,542.
MPS Staff - £329,000.
Other Support costs - £109,000.

Q3 - In relation to the spend up to the date of this email in 2021/22 please break down the total as much as possible giving the spend on each individual unit.

OH Service - £9,595,841.
MPS Staff - £327,000.
Other Support costs - £64,000.

Q4 - If not already included in your answer to question 3 please answer the following questions. For the current financial year up to the date of this e-mail what has been your force’s well-being spend on:
(i) yoga,
(ii) meditation,
(iii) winter sports such as skiing (please details the individual sports),
(iv) water sports such as canoeing (please detail the individual sports) and
(v) cultural activities such as theatre/gallery trips (please detail the individual trips).

None.