Officers on long time sick

Freedom of information request reference no: 01.FOI.22.025688

I note you seek access to the following information:

How many Police Officers (all ranks) have been long term sick (over 6 months) in calendar years :

2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022 (to date)

Of those officers how many remained on full pay beyond the first 6 months of sickness?

Of those officers, how many were sick due to an injury or illness caused in the course of duty?

I do not expect or require individual names. I am just looking to obtain the relevant figures.

Decision

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

Please find below information pursuant to your request above.

DATA CAVEATS
In supplying the data below there are caveats that you will need to note. The request asks for information about absences that are over six months long, the below figures are based on 183 days being the same as six months which is the number of sick days that Officers are fully paid for. As a result, absences that are 184 days or longer within a calendar year have been counted in the below figures. It is important to note that some officers are placed onto a Full Pay Extension immediately after their initial 183 day period at full pay, but some people go onto half pay, and possibly nil pay before they are given a pay extension. This therefore means that they have still received full pay beyond the first six months of absence but not immediately after. It should also be noted that some people have full pay extensions before they have reached 184 continuous days of absence. This might be because they had an earlier absence in a rolling twelve month period, so they started the following absence with a partially-exhausted full pay entitlement.

Q1 - How many Police Officers (all ranks) have been long term sick (over 6 months) in calendar years :

2017	269
2018	257
2019	243
2020	180
2021	170
2022 (to date)	93

Q2 - Of those officers how many remained on full pay beyond the first 6 months of sickness?

2017	117
2018	122
2019	117
2020	77
2021	101
2022 (to date)	45

 

Q3 - Of those officers, how many were sick due to an injury or illness caused in the course of duty?

2017	6
2018	6
2019	10
2020	3
2021	6
2022 (to date)	1