Sick leave taken by officers from April 2023 to March 2024

Freedom of information request reference no: 01.FOI.24.037858

I note you seek access to the following information:

1. How many officers took sick leave for depression, anxiety, stress or post-traumatic stress between April 2023 and March 2024. By this, I mean where any of the terms depression, anxiety or stress or post-traumatic stress appear in the description of the officer's illness.

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 officers took sick leave for depression, anxiety, stress or post-traumatic stress between April 2023 and March 2024. By this, I mean where any of the terms depression, anxiety or stress or post-traumatic stress appear in the description of the officer's illness.

Two sets of results were returned depending on whether the absence started within the date range range given above, or was open at some point between those dates.

Please note that we have provided 2 sets of data: (1) reasons strictly related to the criteria requested and (2) reasons for any related psychological disorders.

(1) Figures for reasons strictly related to the criteria requested:
• A total of 200 absences started in the date range given
• A total of 240 absences were open during the date range given

(2) Figures for reasons related to any psychological disorder:
• A total of 2,159 absences started in the date range given
• A total of 2,432 absences that were open during the date range given

Each officer was only counted once for the date range, so if someone had five absences from 01 April 2023 to 31 March 2024, this was counted as one.

Please note that the above totals include officers only (PCSOs, MSCs & staff are not included).