Data from 2004-05 onwards are collated and published as part of the Policing Performance Assessment Framework (PPAF). These data are in the form of working hours lost to sickness and are published on the Home Office website located at the following link:
http://police.homeoffice.gov.uk/performance-and-measurement/performance-assessment/
Data for and prior to 2003-04, are not on the same basis as those available for 2004-05 onwards. These data are in the form of working days lost to sickness and are published in the Annual Report of Her Majesty’s Chief Inspectorate of Constabulary, located at the following link:
http://inspectorates.homeoffice.gov.uk/hmic/about/annual-reports.html/
The available data are given in the following tables:
2001-02 2002-03 2003-04 Officers Staff Officers Staff Officers Staff Avon and Somerset 13.0 12.5 11.4 12.8 11.0 12.7 Bedfordshire 9.5 10.0 8.0 9.2 8.5 9.5 Cambridgeshire 12.0 11.4 11.4 11.6 10.3 11.2 Cheshire 13.8 13.7 11.5 12.9 9.3 9.5 City of London 12.1 13.1 9.0 9.6 10.3 7.6 Cleveland 12.2 13.9 10.4 11.6 9.0 10.3 Cumbria 13.4 8.9 10.9 8.5 9.9 9.8 Derbyshire 11.5 12.1 10.0 9.6 9.7 8.9 Devon and Cornwall 10.4 13.4 8.9 13.3 8.2 11.6 Dorset 10.0 10.3 11.0 11.0 10.7 10.6 Durham 11.1 11.9 10.1 12.6 9.8 10.3 Dyfed-Powys 10.5 9.7 9.6 11.1 10.9 11.4 Essex 11.2 12.9 10.3 11.0 8.2 11.1 Gloucestershire 10.7 11.8 11.0 11.7 9.8 11.1 Greater Manchester 12.7 14.7 11.0 14.3 10.2 n/a Gwent 15.6 12.0 10.5 13.2 13.8 17.1 Hampshire 11.1 11.3 9.5 9.8 8.8 8.8 Hertfordshire 11.9 10.9 10.6 12.4 10.4 12.2 Humberside 8.6 10.2 7.8 8.1 6.1 8.7 Kent 11.1 11.8 10.7 12.7 11.8 10.9 Lancashire 11.6 11.7 10.9 14.1 10.1 11.4 Leicestershire 12.2 13.1 10.5 11.8 8.4 12.5 Lincolnshire 12.0 11.3 11.9 12.1 9.9 10.7 Merseyside 12.6 12.4 13.0 13.7 11.4 13.6 Metropolitan Police 10.4 11.1 9.7 10.7 8.4 10.4 Norfolk 12.2 13.9 10.6 11.0 9.2 11.9 Northamptonshire 8.5 7.7 10.9 5.7 12.2 7.4 Northumbria 9.0 12.6 8.9 12.8 8.7 11.2 North Wales 10.5 15.0 9.0 10.2 10.5 11.3 North Yorkshire 9.9 10.7 10.0 11.2 11.1 9.8 Nottinghamshire 11.4 16.5 12.2 15.7 11.6 12.7 South Wales 12.7 14.0 10.1 13.9 10.2 12.9 South Yorkshire 11.6 14.6 9.9 13.7 8.3 11.4 Staffordshire 14.3 12.4 11.8 12.1 10.8 10.2 Suffolk 9.0 7.4 9.6 8.1 7.9 7.1 Surrey 10.9 13.8 10.7 12.9 9.9 10.5 Sussex 11.1 10.7 11.3 11.9 11.3 10.9 Thames Valley 11.4 9.3 10.6 9.5 8.8 9.4 Warwickshire 10.9 13.1 10.3 11.2 8.0 9.0 West Mercia 13.2 10.2 11.5 10.8 10.4 11.3 West Midlands 13.1 14.0 10.7 12.6 8.1 10.1 West Yorkshire 13.4 12.4 9.7 11.0 8.3 9.3 Wiltshire 13.2 8.1 12.9 9.1 12.4 9.8 1 Prior to 2004-05 sickness data were recorded in days rather than hours. 2 Data published in the Annual Report of Her Majesty’s Chief Inspectorate of Constabulary.
2004-05 2005-06 Officers Staff Officers Staff Avon and Somerset 81.7 78.4 87.2 91.2 Bedfordshire 81.4 69.7 90.8 70.6 Cambridgeshire 98.4 93.9 87.4 80.2 Cheshire 97.1 93.5 80.3 90.1 City of London 53.6 64.6 50.0 63.4 Cleveland 56.4 62.1 62.5 77.9 Cumbria 85.2 62.5 67.2 58.9 Derbyshire 80.4 60.2 69.6 67.9 Devon and Cornwall 73.8 83.3 67.4 86.5 Dorset 100.1 84.3 90.3 71.4 Durham 88.7 84.9 95.9 83.5 Dyfed Powys 92.7 80.7 78.7 63.6 Essex 56.3 63.0 64.0 67.3 Gloucestershire 73.8 79.3 87.2 70.4 Greater Manchester 81.3 91.9 74.8 85.0 Gwent 115.3 118.2 92.3 80.3 Hampshire 8.3 8.2 63.4 56.0 Hertfordshire 86.2 75.6 78.3 66.5 Humberside 53.8 56.9 45.1 59.2 Kent 77.8 77.9 70.0 68.5 Lancashire 82.8 69.3 71.5 57.3 Leicestershire 75.8 79.0 67.4 85.9 Lincolnshire 82.5 68.8 68.2 64.2 Merseyside 90.4 88.7 77.0 89.6 Metropolitan Police 56.4 65.4 54.3 64.3 Norfolk 73.8 73.9 76.8 82.7 North Wales 70.8 55.8 76.9 78.7 North Yorkshire 73.3 66.6 80.9 75.6 Northamptonshire 85.8 60.0 70.8 55.9 Northumbria 77.1 79.4 77.7 72.9 Nottinghamshire 89.2 90.3 78.1 86.8 South Wales 86.0 95.1 94.1 78.6 South Yorkshire 84.0 95.4 64.0 77.5 Staffordshire 76.4 68.2 82.1 78.1 Suffolk 63.9 52.7 64.3 56.6 Surrey 70.6 65.8 66.4 61.7 Sussex 91.5 81.1 77.6 72.7 Thames Valley 65.6 73.6 55.9 74.0 Warwickshire 60.2 56.5 81.4 78.2 West Mercia 87.8 80.6 82.0 73.5 West Midlands 51.1 63.1 58.7 66.6 West Yorkshire 76.7 71.8 63.4 63.1 Wiltshire 81.8 79.0 84.0 73.9 1 From 2004-05 onwards sickness data were recorded in hours rather than days. 2 Data published in the Home Office Police Performance Monitoring Reports and online.