Suspended staff
Freedom of Information (FOI) Act request ref: 01/FOI/23/4986
Version Date: 14/07/2023
The Professional Standards and Finance Departments have provided the following information.
Data Source - Centurion
Any Suspension records on Centurion where Date Suspended = Between 01/04/2018 and 31/03/2023
Suspension records grouped by financial year based on the start date of the suspension, e.g., costs may be incurred from that suspension in the next financial year depending on the length of suspension but for the purposes of recording are included in the financial year of when the suspension started.
Special Constabulary are not included
1. Please confirm how many (i) officers and (ii) staff were suspended in each of the past five complete financial years.
|
Year |
Officers |
Staff |
|
2018/19 |
7 |
2 |
|
2019/20 |
3 |
6 |
|
2020/21 |
3 |
2 |
|
2021/22 |
9 |
8 |
|
2022/23 |
13 |
5 |
2. Please specify how many of the suspended officers were police constables.
|
Year |
Constables |
|
2018/19 |
5 |
|
2019/20 |
3 |
|
2020/21 |
1 |
|
2021/22 |
6 |
|
2022/23 |
11 |
3. Please confirm how much you spent in paying salaries of (i) officers and (ii) staff who were suspended in each of the past five complete financial years.
|
Year |
Officers |
Staff |
|
2018/19 |
£263,532 |
£20,441 |
|
2019/20 |
£128,857 |
£98,473 |
|
2020/21 |
£116,125 |
£30,271 |
|
2021/22 |
£182,197 |
£107,638 |
|
2022/23 |
£164,066 |
£26,439 |
|
Total |
£854,777 |
£283,262 |
*Please note - salary calculations were not available for two Police Staff members due to incomplete suspension records
4. Please specify how much of the spending on officers is related to police constables.
Of the total spending on police officer salaries, £652,932 was spent on police constables.