FOI 355021
FREEDOM OF INFORMATION REQUEST REFERENCE NO: 355021
I write in connection with your request for information which was received on 27th August 2024. Please find below the response to your request:
- For each of the last five financial years, please provide the number of (i) officers and (ii) staff with a recorded business interest.
- For the most recent financial year only (2023/24), please break down the recorded business interests to show the numbers (i) volunteering (ii) in self-employment and (iii) in paid employment with other organisations.
- For the most recent financial year only, please provide a breakdown of the figures to show those in (i) self-employment and (ii) paid employment with other organisations by employment nature.
- For the most recent financial year only, please provide the number of (i) officers and (ii) staff whose applications to pursue business interests you refused. Please specify how many of each (i) appealed and (ii) had their refused decision overturned on appeal.
Reply
West Mercia Police hold some of the information you have requested.
Please note the figures are based on the number of Business Interests recorded and not on the number of officers/staff.
- For each of the last five financial years, please provide the number of (i) officers and (ii) staff with a recorded business interest.
|
Year |
Police Officer |
Police Staff |
Grand Total |
|
2019/20 |
148 |
128 |
276 |
|
2020/21 |
118 |
124 |
242 |
|
2021/22 |
208 |
180 |
388 |
|
2022/23 |
138 |
133 |
271 |
|
2023/24 |
121 |
100 |
221 |
|
Grand Total |
733 |
665 |
1398 |
- For the most recent financial year only (2023/24), please break down the recorded business interests to show the numbers (i) volunteering (ii) in self-employment and (iii) in paid employment with other organisations.
These are the only categorisations we hold in relation to the above
|
Type |
Police Officer |
Police Staff |
Grand Total |
|
Admin/Clerical |
3 |
4 |
7 |
|
Agriculture |
1 |
1 |
|
|
Animals |
1 |
1 |
|
|
Armed forces/volunteer |
5 |
4 |
9 |
|
Artist |
1 |
1 |
|
|
Arts and Crafts |
6 |
2 |
8 |
|
Bar staff |
2 |
2 |
|
|
Building/landscaping |
2 |
2 |
|
|
Business owner/partner |
3 |
5 |
8 |
|
Carer |
2 |
2 |
|
|
Casual part time work |
3 |
5 |
8 |
|
Catering |
1 |
1 |
2 |
|
Charity work |
1 |
1 |
|
|
Cleaner |
1 |
2 |
3 |
|
Computers/I.T. |
1 |
1 |
2 |
|
Consultancy |
1 |
1 |
2 |
|
Counsellor |
1 |
1 |
|
|
Director of company |
1 |
1 |
|
|
Distribution |
1 |
1 |
|
|
Dressmaking |
1 |
1 |
|
|
Driver |
1 |
3 |
4 |
|
Driving instructor |
1 |
1 |
|
|
Electrician |
1 |
1 |
|
|
Entertainer |
2 |
2 |
4 |
|
Family business |
1 |
1 |
2 |
|
Football referee |
1 |
1 |
|
|
Fostering |
1 |
1 |
|
|
Freelance work art and design |
1 |
1 |
|
|
Gardener |
2 |
2 |
|
|
Health and beauty treatment/sales |
6 |
4 |
10 |
|
Marketing |
1 |
1 |
|
|
Musician |
2 |
3 |
5 |
|
Mystery Shopper |
1 |
1 |
|
|
Nursing/care |
1 |
2 |
3 |
|
Other |
5 |
1 |
6 |
|
Painter and decorator |
1 |
1 |
|
|
Parish Councillor |
3 |
3 |
|
|
Photographer/video media |
1 |
1 |
2 |
|
Poll Clerk |
4 |
4 |
|
|
Program/course - tutor/teacher |
1 |
1 |
|
|
Rent and lease property |
34 |
18 |
52 |
|
Sales |
1 |
1 |
|
|
School governor/committee |
2 |
1 |
3 |
|
Shareholder |
1 |
1 |
|
|
Social media influencer |
1 |
1 |
|
|
Sport/leisure |
11 |
2 |
13 |
|
Teacher/Tutor |
1 |
2 |
3 |
|
Therapist |
1 |
1 |
|
|
Translator and interpreter |
1 |
1 |
|
|
Trustee |
1 |
1 |
|
|
Voluntary - not a BI |
8 |
5 |
13 |
|
Volunteer |
7 |
6 |
13 |
|
Writer |
1 |
1 |
|
|
Grand Total |
121 |
100 |
221 |
- For the most recent financial year only, please provide a breakdown of the figures to show those in (i) self-employment and (ii) paid employment with other organisations by employment nature.
Information not held
- For the most recent financial year only, please provide the number of (i) officers and (ii) staff whose applications to pursue business interests you refused. Please specify how many of each (i) appealed and (ii) had their refused decision overturned on appeal.
|
Staff Type |
Count of Case Reference |
|
Police Officer |
4 |
|
Police Staff |
1 |
|
Grand Total |
5 |
Please specify how many of each (i) appealed and (ii) had their refused decision overturned on appeal.
None