FOI 0615-2024/25 & 0616-2024/25 - Officer sickness
Request:
Q1. I would like to request the data on the amount of staff employed by the force which are currently on long term sick leave. (defined as over 28 days)
Q1a. If possible, a breakdown of how many of these staff are frontline police officers.
Q2. How many police officers have taken sick leave due to mental health reasons between January 2023 - present.
Response:
Extent and Result of Searches to Locate Information
To locate the information relevant to your request searches were conducted within North Yorkshire Police. I can confirm that the information you have requested is held by North Yorkshire Police.
Decision
Under Section 5 of the Freedom of Information and Data Protection (Appropriate Limit and Fees) Regulations 2004, requests can be aggregated where (a) the two or more requests by one person relate, to any extent, to the same or similar information, and (b) those requests received by the public authority within any period of sixty consecutive working days.
As such, your requests made on 14 October 2024 – 0615.2024-25 and 14 October 2024 – 0616.2024-25, have been aggregated into one response.
Q1 & Q1a. Please see the table below showing the total number of individuals on long-term sick leave broken down by whether the individual is frontline police officer or not as of 25 October 2024.
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Column Labels |
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Count |
Frontline |
Not frontline |
Total |
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Individual |
38 |
168 |
206 |
Q2. Between 01 January 2023 to 25 October 2024 there have been 86 police officers that have taken sick leave for mental health reasons which include the following.
- Anxiety
- Bereavement anxiety
- Depression
- Other mental disorders
- Other stress
- Post traumatic stress
- Stress
- Work related stress
*Please note, although the sickness absence falls within the timeframe specified the sickness absence start/end date may fall outside the timeframe specified.
Please note that systems used for recording information are not generic, nor are the procedures used locally in capturing the data. It should be noted therefore that this force’s response to your questions should not be used for comparison purposes with any other responses you may receive.