Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many police officers have been on long-term sick leave in each month since April 2016.

It is the responsibility of chief constables to manage officer welfare, supported by the College of Policing.

The Home Office collects and publishes data, as at 31 March each year, on the total number of and total full-time equivalent (FTE) officers on certified long-term sick leave. This is published annually in the ‘Police workforce, England and Wales’ statistical bulletin, and in the accompanying open data tables, which can be accessed here:

https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/police-workforce-england-and-wales