Data on officers on recuperative and restricted duties are available centrally from 2003. Force level figures for each year from 2003-09, the latest available reporting period, are shown in the following tables. Figures for 2010 will be available later this year.
As at 31 March each year: 2003 2004 2005 2006 Recuperative Restricted Recuperative Restricted Recuperative Restricted Recuperative Restricted Avon and Somerset 62 133 61 166 65 171 52 205 Bedfordshire 13 12 99 161 44 111 27 41 Cambridgeshire 72 47 59 51 32 28 45 28 Cheshire 87 7 118 7 21 54 59 52 Cleveland 23 82 35 44 21 116 — — Cumbria 0 0 30 26 9 20 30 28 Derbyshire 44 82 46 79 65 84 12 12 Devon and Cornwall — — — — 8 0 25 22 Dorset 53 34 47 39 53 54 49 53 Durham 34 23 — — 47 49 18 82 Dyfed-Powys 22 14 — — 18 37 16 31 Essex 740 371 977 588 78 54 122 95 Gloucestershire 6 6 9 24 11 26 15 45 Greater Manchester 29 181 130 101 134 280 65 435 Gwent 13 35 32 76 10 39 8 62 Hampshire — 150 25 95 — — — — Hertfordshire 21 85 43 107 7 100 62 147 Humberside 246 9 86 16 141 22 95 25 Kent 113 164 19 192 0 182 10 188 Lancashire 15 14 15 8 111 124 99 159 Leicestershire — — — — — — 8 51 Lincolnshire 18 26 6 76 6 11 7 65 London, City of 10 34 10 42 7 52 3 34 Merseyside 412 0 252 39 304 57 86 396 Metropolitan Police 1,161 183 1,039 208 1,246 442 1,119 766 Norfolk 48 28 48 48 34 65 35 41 Northamptonshire 74 10 45 29 83 33 87 30 Northumbria 84 33 98 47 104 40 30 64 North Wales 28 4 — — 166 40 112 73 North Yorkshire 44 16 32 20 50 50 43 34 Nottinghamshire 1 99 2 52 7 58 5 110 South Wales 64 23 74 40 — — 88 54 South Yorkshire 82 13 54 17 60 23 51 39 Staffordshire 282 69 315 43 167 32 149 47 Suffolk 6 64 9 62 35 70 29 75 Surrey — — — — — — — — Sussex — — — — 13 — 12 0 Thames Valley 60 41 90 107 — — 129 113 Warwickshire 23 37 38 56 24 30 47 23 West Mercia 50 15 48 31 31 49 61 65 West Midlands 37 5 317 270 251 329 278 260 West Yorkshire 228 139 148 99 136 236 144 208 Wiltshire 65 11 26 1 65 3 101 2
2007 2008 2009 Recuperative Restricted Recuperative Restricted Recuperative Restricted Avon and Somerset 44 252 28 177 27 149 Bedfordshire 42 41 26 38 30 41 Cambridgeshire 30 35 0 42 0 1 Cheshire 42 117 39 138 28 113 Cleveland 21 74 16 51 15 44 Cumbria 29 45 14 69 2 5 Derbyshire 2 6 0 5 0 0 Devon and Cornwall 178 87 56 74 55 94 Dorset 41 43 45 37 50 32 Durham 29 51 26 29 16 35 Dyfed-Powys 17 25 19 45 50 93 Essex 116 100 132 126 64 37 Gloucestershire 7 56 4 81 13 64 Greater Manchester 107 398 115 424 104 425 Gwent 11 55 20 54 17 47 Hampshire — — — 142 0 131 Hertfordshire 14 121 — — — — Humberside 98 31 93 33 80 30 Kent 23 275 26 254 816 153 Lancashire 113 137 95 145 114 184 Leicestershire 4 116 13 130 6 122 Lincolnshire 4 67 2 78 10 62 London, City of 6 32 7 35 3 35 Merseyside 64 366 89 103 70 56 Metropolitan Police 1,094 921 1,078 1,042 1,118 1,151 Norfolk 25 44 26 48 23 48 Northamptonshire 59 51 83 64 51 65 Northumbria 78 50 64 26 82 22 North Wales 49 81 34 52 117 43 North Yorkshire 74 44 97 29 79 9 Nottinghamshire 28 75 15 71 25 75 South Wales 80 77 12 161 91 70 South Yorkshire 53 82 42 76 33 75 Staffordshire 70 133 93 143 62 149 Suffolk 28 85 19 106 — — Surrey — — 29 28 56 25 Sussex 73 81 — — 104 88 Thames Valley — — — — — — Warwickshire 87 39 29 51 44 56 West Mercia 82 76 71 83 94 86 West Midlands 80 203 41 228 121 311 West Yorkshire 143 285 175 302 164 341 Wiltshire 72 1 86 1 103 1 1 Total number of police officers (head count) on ‘recuperative’ duties as at 31 March. These are temporary duties or working conditions approved to assist an officer’s ultimate return to full duties after injury or illness by allowing them to return to or continue in work of a less demanding capacity. 2 Total number of police officers (head count) on ‘restricted’ duties as at 31 March. These are duties or conditions approved, other than for recuperative purposes, for fixed periods totalling more than 28 consecutive days (including rest days) for an officer who is unable for a specific reason to carry out one or more aspects of full operational duty. 3 These data are provisional. They have not undergone usual quality assurance practices (including validation with individual police forces), and are therefore supplied for information purposes only.