Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many police (a) officers and (b) staff are suspended from duties in Lancashire Constabulary.

The Home Office collect and publish information on the number of police officers on long-term leave due to suspension as at 31 March each year as part of the ‘Police Workforce, England and Wales’ publication.

Information on the number of police officers, in Lancashire Constabulary, as at 31 March each year from 2007 to 2023, can be found in the ‘Absences Open Data Table’ here: https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1172880/open-data-table-police-workforce-absence-260723.ods

The Home Office do not hold information on the number of police staff that are suspended from their duties.

These data should not be used to infer the total number of police officers suspended throughout a financial year as the data only cover instances where a police officer has been suspended for more than 28 calendar days. Furthermore, these data only cover officers on long-term leave due to suspension as a snapshot as at 31 March each year and does not include those suspended during the financial year where the suspension ends before 31 March. Moreover, an officer may appear in the data more than once if their suspension spans several years.