Parliamentary and Diplomatic Protection (PADP) overtime from January 2018 to February 2023

Freedom of information request reference no: 01.FOI.23.029397

I note you seek access to the following information:

Please provide a breakdown of overtime in the Parliamentary and Diplomatic Protection (PADP) unit for each calendar year 2018-2023 (five full years plus 2023 thus far) including the amount paid and the number of hours involved.

Decision

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

Please find below information pursuant to your request above.

I have been advised that the system used to record the total overtime costs does not record the number of hours. The information sought in the second part of your request is therefore not held by the MPS.

Please find below information pursuant to your request.

	Officers	Staff	Total
Year	£	£	£
2018	12.10m	0.39m	12.49m
2019	14.03m	0.44m	14.47m
2020	12.43m	0.47m	12.90m
2021	12.75m	0.68m	13.43m
2022	16.16m	0.71m	16.87m
2023	2.67m	0.12m	2.79m	2 months
Total	70.15m	2.81m	72.95m

Please note that the above figures include actual overtime paid plus overtime accruals and any other journals/transfers of overtime relating to Aid provided by other Operational Command Units (OCUs) or business areas to or from PaDP.