Mental Health – Police employees (230A/22)
Request
1, How much money has West Midlands Police spent on internal mental health services to support police officers & police staff in the period 01/01/2019 to 01/01/2022?
2, How many police officers who disclosed a mental health issue as a reason for absence were required to be moved to another position within West Midlands Police in the period 01/01/2019 to 01/01/2022?
3, How many police officers in the period 01/01/2019 to 01/01/2022 were found guilty of misconduct where one of the contributing factors was found to be a mental health issue?
Response
Please find enclosed our response.
1, How much money has West Midlands Police spent on internal mental health services to support police officers & police staff in the period 01/01/2019 to 01/01/2022?
The main work on this area is covered by the employee support team who had the following spend in the periods requested:
Financial Years
| Spend / Year | 1 st Jan-31st Mar 2019 | 1st Apr 2019 – 31st Mar 2020 | 1st Apr 2020 – 31st Mar 2021 | 1st Apr-31st Dec 21 |
| Employee support and mental health | £28,800 | £144,800 | £111,300 | £101,200 |
Occupational Health advisors may also cover mental health issues in their appointments with staff – the spend shown here is the full spend for the advisors, but a figure cannot be put on the proportion of their time spent on this area. Therefore, the figures have been provided in order to assist, but they are the TOTAL spend for all occupational health matters.
Financial Years
| Spend / Year | Jan-Mar 2019 | 1st Apr 2019 – 31st Mar 2020 | 1st Apr 2020 – 31st Mar 2021 | 1st Apr-31st Dec 21 |
| Occupational Health Advisors | £48,300 | £241,700 | £261,600 | £204,500 |
2, How many police officers who disclosed a mental health issue as a reason for absence were required to be moved to another position within West Midlands Police in the period 01/01/2019 to 01/01/2022?
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3, How many police officers in the period 01/01/2019 to 01/01/2022 were found guilty of misconduct where one of the contributing factors was found to be a mental health issue?
Our data are not organised in such a way as to allow us to provide this information within the appropriate (cost) limit within the Freedom of Information (FOI) Act (see ‘Reason for Decision’ below).
I am unable to suggest any practical way in which your request may be modified in order to satisfy your query or bring it within the 18 hours stipulated by the Regulations. I am however willing to consider any refinements that you are able to make to your request, in accordance with Section 16 of the Freedom of Information Act. If you would like to look into refining your request please contact me.
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