FOI 729-2023 / Aug 2023 / Disabled employees
FREEDOM OF INFORMATION REQUEST REFERENCE NO: FOI-729-2023
I write in connection with your request for information which was received on 7th August 2023 as follows:
This email is a freedom of information request relating to data held on the number of employees (both police officers and police staff) registered as disabled within your police service (related to either physical or mental disability), as defined by your internal policy on this matter. In this regard, please can you supply the following data:
- Number of police officers registered with a disability in 2022.
- Number of police staff registered with a disability in 2022.
- Number of police officers registered with a disability in 2021.
- Number of police staff registered with a disability in 2021.
- Number of police officers registered with a disability in 2020.
- Number of police staff registered with a disability in 2020.
- Number of police officers registered with a disability in 2019.
- Number of police staff registered with a disability in 2019.
- Number of police officers registered with a disability in 2018.
- Number of police staff registered with a disability in 2018.
Please find the Warwickshire police response set out below.
Response: Please note that, in line with the National Standard for Recording Police Workforce Information (College of Policing), Warwickshire Police ask the following question:
Disability is a physical or mental impairment, which has a substantial and long-term adverse effect on a person’s ability to carry out normal day-to-day activities. This includes progressive and long-term conditions from the point of diagnosis such as HIV, multiple sclerosis, cancer, mental illness or mental health problems, learning disabilities, dyslexia, diabetes, and epilepsy. This also includes ‘disabled’ as per the definition set out in the Equality Act 2010 and neurodiversity.
Do you consider yourself to have a disability according to the definition above?
Codes:
- Yes
- No
- Prefer not to say
The below figures are based on where officers and staff have responded ‘yes’ to the question.
|
Year |
Number of Officers |
Number of Staff |
|
2018 |
11 |
32 |
|
2019 |
22 |
36 |
|
2020 |
23 |
30 |
|
2021 |
25 |
33 |
|
2022 |
33 |
30 |
Every effort has been made to ensure that the information provided is as accurate as possible.
Your attention is drawn to the below which details your right of complaint.
Should you have any further enquiries concerning this matter, please write or email the Freedom of Information Unit quoting the reference number above.
Yours sincerely
Freedom of Information Officer
Freedom of Information Unit
Warwickshire Police
PO Box 4
Leek Wootton
Warwickshire
CV35 7QB