Recruitment of police officers under the Police Uplift Programme (PUP) since December 2019

Freedom of information request reference no: 01.FOI.22.027390

I note you seek access to the following information:

- How many police officers has the force recruited under the Police Uplift Programme (PUP) since December 2019?
- Of this total, how many officers recruited under the PUP have voluntarily resigned?
- How many officers have left the force since 2017? Please could this information be broken down by category eg normal retirement, voluntary resignation, medical retirement, transfer, death, contract termination/dismissal.
- How many police officers/staff in the force currently have 2 years service or less?

Decision

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

Please find below information pursuant to your request above.

Q1 - How many police officers has the force recruited under the Police Uplift Programme (PUP) since December 2019?

Between 01 Dec 2019 and 31 Oct 2022, 8,812 police officers have joined the MPS and all count towards our PUP recruitment.

Q2 - Of this total, how many officers recruited under the PUP have voluntarily resigned?

Of the officers recruited between 01 Dec 2019 and 31 Oct 2022, 915 police officers have subsequently resigned.

Q3 - How many officers have left the force since 2017? Please could this information be broken down by category eg normal retirement, voluntary resignation, medical retirement, transfer, death, contract termination/dismissal.

MPS Leavers 1 Jan 2017 to 31 Oct 2022:

30+ Scheme End	1
Death	109
Dismissed	253
Joining another Police Force	1,762
Medical Retirement	242
Ordinary Retirement	5,450
Resignation	4,306
Services Dispensed With	5
Transferred to another Public Body	12
Grand Total	12,139

 Q4 - How many police officers/staff in the force currently have 2 years service or less?

At 31 Oct 2022, the MPS has 4,842 police officers with less than two years’ service.