Reason sick days are taken by officers from 2019 to 2023

Freedom of information request reference no: 01.FOI.24.038865

I note you seek access to the following information:

What is the total number of sick days taken off by police officers due to ANY reason (including but not limited to mental health reasons).

I would like this information to be provided for each of the last five calendar years as follows:2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023.

Decision

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

Please find below information pursuant to your request above.

Please note I have included sickness paid leave which is used to indicate when offices were absent from work as a result of self- isolation, shielding etc. Which might not be considered sickness.

Sickness absences taken by officers between 01-Jan-2019 to 31-Dec-2023

Absence Type	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	Total
Pregnancy Related-Protected			15	62	637	714
Pregnancy Related-Unprotected				1	824	825
Sickness - Assault		2				2
Sickness - Disability Related	2,603	1,899	1,281	2,423	2,758	10,964
Sickness - Full Pay Extension	31,061	26,100	18,399	17,795	18,360	111,715
Sickness - General	361,736	304,262	376,455	426,079	403,632	1,872,164
Sickness - Half Pay Extension	869	80	295	365	291	1,900
Sickness - Injury on Duty	5,938	7,339	6,373	7,556	6,865	34,071
Sickness - Paid leave		272,254	235,757	103,011	21,107	632,129
Sickness - Pregnancy Related	8,941	5,762	6,241	4,932	7,084	32,960
Sickness - Unknown	151	160	2		3	316
Grand Total	411,299	617,858	644,818	562,224 1	461,56	2,697,760