To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list the rates of sick leave reported in each police force in each of the last three years. [78391]
The information requested is shown in the tables.
| Police days lost through sickness | |||
| 1995–96 | 1996–97 | 1997–98 | |
| Avon and Somerset | 32,498 | 35,051 | 30,326 |
| Bedfordshire | 11,209 | 12,205 | 15,539 |
| Cambridgeshire | 15,730 | 14,115 | 14,018 |
| Cheshire | 28,867 | 25,787 | 28,416 |
| City of London | 10,446 | 10,753 | 10,326 |
| Cleveland | 18,488 | 18,761 | 17,709 |
| Cumbria | 10,138 | 10,519 | 11,870 |
| Derbyshire | 21,939 | 25,271 | 24,953 |
| Devon and Cornwall | 28,722 | 30,527 | 30,259 |
| Dorset | 14,058 | 13,219 | 14,403 |
| Durham | 18,154 | 18,830 | 17,104 |
| Dyfed-Powys | 11,110 | 11,777 | 10,585 |
| Essex | 25,533 | 28,399 | 34,066 |
| Gloucestershire | 11,412 | 12,725 | 11,934 |
| Greater Manchester | 103,602 | 107,360 | 106,894 |
| Gwent | 10,273 | 12,804 | 12,576 |
| Hampshire | 27,784 | 32,241 | 36,665 |
| Hertfordshire | 20,162 | 23,914 | 20,462 |
| Humberside | 27,267 | 24,798 | 24,212 |
| Kent | 39,368 | 36,335 | 36,564 |
| Lancashire | 47,205 | 37,766 | 37,419 |
| Leicestershire | 26,632 | 27,389 | 23,840 |
| Lincolnshire | 14,255 | 16,910 | 14,465 |
| Merseyside | 78,554 | 80,165 | 54,011 |
| Metropolitan Police | 272,131 | 396,768 | 394,568 |
| Norfolk | 15,115 | 13,253 | 15,053 |
| Northamptonshire | 13,953 | 12,382 | 14,744 |
| Northumbria | 43,771 | 39,935 | 43,329 |
| North Wales | 16,624 | 12,075 | 13,882 |
| North Yorkshire | 16,058 | 14,524 | 14,925 |
| Nottinghamshire | 33,172 | 29,951 | 29,529 |
| South Wales | 43,932 | * | 50,147 |
| South Yorkshire | 37,862 | 36,422 | 38,827 |
| Staffordshire | 28,767 | 32,397 | 28,868 |
| Suffolk | 9,817 | 10,059 | 10,581 |
| Surrey | 16,994 | 18,967 | 21,998 |
| Sussex | 40,811 | 39,302 | 36,835 |
| Thames Valley | 45,425 | 43,685 | 45,027 |
Police days lost through sickness
| |||
1995–96
| 1996–97
| 1997–98
| |
| Warwickshire | 13,179 | 12,284 | 13,476 |
| West Mercia | 24,883 | 25,055 | 23,584 |
| West Midlands | 68,861 | 96,992 | 89,881 |
| West Yorkshire | 54,102 | 56,388 | 60,536 |
| Wiltshire | 10,468 | 11,289 | 10,219 |
| Provincial total | 1,187,200 | 1,172,581 | 1,200,057 |
| England and Wales total | 1,459,331 | 1,569,349 | 1,594,625 |
Notes:
* Figures not available due to changes in data collection methods
Average days lost through sickness per police officer
| |||
1995–96
| 1996–97
| 1997–98
| |
| Avon and Somerset | 11 | 12 | 10 |
| Bedfordshire | 10 | 11 | 14 |
| Cambridgeshire | 13 | 11 | 11 |
| Cheshire | 15 | 13 | 14 |
| City of London | 12 | 12 | 12 |
| Cleveland | 13 | 13 | 12 |
| Cumbria | 9 | 9 | 10 |
| Derbyshire | 12 | 14 | 14 |
| Devon and Cornwall | 10 | 11 | 10 |
| Dorset | 11 | 10 | 11 |
| Durham | 13 | 13 | 12 |
| Dyfed-Powys | 11 | 12 | 11 |
| Essex | 9 | 10 | 12 |
| Gloucestershire | 10 | 11 | 11 |
| Greater Manchester | 15 | 15 | 15 |
| Gwent | 10 | 10 | 10 |
| Hampshire | 8 | 9 | 11 |
| Hertfordshire | 12 | 14 | 12 |
| Humberside | 13 | 12 | 12 |
| Kent | 13 | 11 | 11 |
| Lancashire | 15 | 12 | 11 |
| Leicestershire | 14 | 14 | 12 |
| Lincolnshire | 12 | 14 | 12 |
| Merseyside | 17 | 19 | 12 |
| Metropolitan Police | 10 | 14 | 15 |
| Norfolk | 11 | 9 | 10 |
| Northamptonshire | 12 | 10 | 12 |
| Northumbria | 12 | 11 | 13 |
| North Wales | 12 | 9 | 10 |
| North Yorkshire | 12 | 11 | 11 |
| Nottinghamshire | 14 | 13 | 13 |
| South Wales | 15 | * | 17 |
| South Yorkshire | 12 | 12 | 12 |
| Staffordshire | 13 | 14 | 13 |
| Suffolk | 8 | 9 | 9 |
| Surrey | 10 | 11 | 13 |
| Sussex | 13 | 13 | 12 |
| Thames Valley | 12 | 12 | 12 |
| Warwickshire | 13 | 13 | 14 |
| West Mercia | 12 | 12 | 12 |
| West Midlands | 10 | 13 | 12 |
| West Yorkshire | 10 | 11 | 12 |
| Wiltshire | 8 | 10 | 9 |
| Provincial total | 12 | 12 | 12 |
| England and Wales total | 12 | 12 | 13 |
Notes:
* Figures not available due to changes in data collection methods