Police Officer Overtime Costs 2010 - 2020

Keywords

Police Officer; Overtime; Hours  

Publication number

PUB 1127

Publication statement

Please note that this information is correct as at 25/02/21 and may be subject to change. Essex Police aim to review and update this publication annually.

As with all publications of information by Essex Police, please note caveats may apply regarding the accuracy of data.

Title

FOI - Police Officer Overtime Costs 2010 – 2020

Information requested

1. The total amount of overtime hours worked by Essex Police officers beginning April 2010 and the total overtime pay bill for the overtime hours worked broken down by financial year.
   
   
2. The total number of officers employed by Essex Police

Date range

April 2010 to Dec 2020

Background information

We cannot provide figures for 2020/21 as the year is incomplete and we do not provide part year responses.

FOI publication

1. The police officer overtime figures are as follows (including bank holiday overtime and all externally funded overtime) (Excludes National Insurance)

April 1 2010 – March 31 2011

£6,801,859.37
428,906 hours

April 1 2011 – March 31 2012

£8,328,717.47
515,446 hours

April 1 2012 – March 31 2013

£7,968,643.06
484,995 hours

April 1 2013 – March 31 2014

£6.85m
276,000 hours

April 1 2014 – March 31 2015

£8.44m
342,000 hours

April 1 2015 – March 31 2016

£7.21m
274,000 hours

April 1 2016 – March 31 2017

£6.84m
263,000 hours

April 1 2017 – March 31 2018

£7,930,700
299,880 hours

April 1 2018 – March 31 2019

£7,312,190
281,386 hours

April 1 2019 – March 31 2020

£8,313,579
317,830 hours

2. The total number of officers employed by the Essex Police: see Signposting

Signposting - information already in public domain:

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