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<p>The Home Office collects data on the number of full-time equivalent (FTE) officers
on certified long-term sick leave as at 31 March each year. This can be broken down
by those on long-term sick leave as a result of assault, and those on long-term sick
leave for other reasons. Long-term sick includes officers on leave for 28 days or
more.</p><p>The latest published data shows that there were 16 officers (FTE) on long-term
sick leave in the Cumbria Constabulary, as at 31 March 2015. None of these were following
assaults.</p><p>Data on the number of officers on short/medium-term absence due to
sickness are published by Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary, and show that
16 officers were on short/medium-term sick leave as at 31 March 2015. These data do
not identify the reasons for the absence.</p>
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