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The Earl of Listowel
asked Her Majesty's Government:What have been the annual sickness rates for the Metropolitan Police force over the last decade. [HL614]
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Home Office
(Lord Bassam of Brighton)
The Metropolitan Police Service has informed me that the average number of days sick per officer for the financial years 1991–92 to 1999–2000 were as shown in the table. The Metropolitan Police have no centrally collated record of average days sick per officer before 1991–92. However, Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary holds statistics for the calendar year 1990 which show that the average number of days sick per officer in that year for the Metropolitan Police Service was 12.7.
| Metropolitan Police Service | |
| Year | Average days sick per officer |
| 1991–92 | 12.2 |
| 1992–93 | 12.1 |
| 1993–94 | 12.7 |
| 1994–95 | 14.1 |
| 1995–96 | 13.6 |
| 1996–97 | 14.4 |
| 1997–98 | 14.7 |
| 1998–99 | 10.9 |
| 1999–2000 | 9.4 |