Police with secondary jobs 832/2024
FOI Reference: 832/2024
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.
- Please specify the number of officers with 'property letting' business interests (2023/24).
Response 1:
I can confirm that Dyfed-Powys Police does hold the information requested, as outlined below.
Data below is the number of business interests which were authorised during the period NOT the amount of business interest which were ‘live’. The data is recorded per business interest, not per staff/officer.
2023 – 2024
208 total business interests
118 officers
90 staff
2022 – 2023
249 total business interest
145 officers
104 staff
2021 – 2022
216 total business interests
134 officers
82 staff
2020 – 2021
176 total business interests
104 officers
72 staff
2019 – 2020
Data only recorded from December 2019
11 total business interests
3 staff
8 officers
Response 2:
I can confirm that Dyfed-Powys Police does hold the information requested, as outlined below.
Business Interest are recorded against several categories one of which is ‘Charity and Voluntary’.
19 business interests are recorded against ‘Charity and Voluntary’ in the current financial year.
It is not possible to identify (ii) and (iii) in this case.
Response 3:
I can confirm that Dyfed-Powys Police does hold the information requested, as outlined below.
It is not possible to identify (i) and (ii) in this case.
Response 4:
I can confirm that Dyfed-Powys Police does hold the information requested, as outlined below.
In the current financial year, 4 business interests were declined.
(i) 3 officers
(ii) 1 staff
We do not hold information on (i) how many are appealed or (ii) how many were overturned on appeal.
Response 5:
The number of Police Officers with rental properties for the financial year 2023/24 is 22.
The number of Police Staff with rental properties for the financial year 2023/24 is 16.
(This is a response under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 and disclosed on 11/09/2024)