Sergeants and inspectors data

 

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Sergeants and inspectors exam pass rates for the following years by: 

number of candidates, number of successful candidates, and percentage pass rates: Sergeants exam 2018 - 2022 inclusive Inspectors exam 2020 - 2022 inclusive median, upper quartile and top decile length of service at promotion of all constables promoted to sergeant and sergeants promoted to inspector for the following years constable to sergeant 2018 - 2022 inclusive sergeant to inspector 2020 - 2022 inclusive what is the number of constables with more than 25 years service compared to the total number of constables can you give me a length of service and age profile of all constables, sergeants and inspectors continuing to work after 30 years of service by full time and part time. 

 

Can you confirm that Officers who were members of the 1987 or 2006 pension scheme can continue to retire on a final salary basis rather than average salary basis and are not time limited in this regard what pension scheme is used to calculate ill health retirement for an officer retiring who joined the police in 1997.

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Inspector’s exam 2020 - 2022 inclusive

	Candidates	Passed the exam	Pass rate
2018 – Sergeants	2056	630	31%
2019  - Sergeants	2238	675	30%
2020 – Sergeants	2418	1477	61%
2021 – Sergeants	2781	1375	49%
2022 – Sergeants	2248	844	38%
2023 – Sergeants	2111	881	42%
2018 - Inspectors	744	231	31%
2019 - Inspectors	877	358	41%
2020 - Inspectors	1046	816	78%
2021 - Inspectors	616	267	43%
2022 - Inspectors	662	290	44%

 

 

 

We do not record this information on our systems.

 

 

There are 1,017 constables with a length of service over 25 years. There are 27,838 constables in total.

 

LOS	30-34				35-39			40+
Age Group	45-49	50-54	55-59	60+	50-54	55-59	60+	50-54	55-59	60+
Inspector	6	9	6	1	2	1	0	0	0	2
Sergeant	1	8	9	1	0	0	0	1	0	0
Constable	19	64	33	10	4	18	4	0	1	4

 

In respect to their 1987 or 2006 scheme service/pension this does indeed continued to be linked to their final salary. There is no time limit, this final salary link remains indefinitely up to the point they retire/leave, the only exception is if they opt out or leave the scheme for more than 5 years then the link is broken and the final salary at point of leaving/opting out is used to calculate their 1987/2006 scheme benefits. 

 

In respect to the 2015 element of their pension this is based on their career average salary.

 

 

Such an officer would’ve previously been a member of the 1987 scheme, so they would now have a 1987 ill health pension AND a 2015 ill health pension, each calculated separately on the respective ill health basis.