FOI 3665-25 Officer Staffing, Obesity and Treatment 23 to 25
Request to Northamptonshire Police
I work for Good Morning Britain and I am making a Freedom of Information request for the following information.
Can you provide answers to the questions below:
Question 1 - How many officers have there been in your Police Force for the years 2023, 2024, 2025?
Please specify: Male / Female / Non Binary in each year.
Question 2 - How many officers in your Police Force are classed as overweight or obese, in each year 2023, 2024, 2025?
Can you specify: Male / Female / Non Binary in each year.
Question 3 - How many Police Officers are currently on weight-loss drugs, paid for or reimbursed by the Police Force? 2023, 2024, 2025 (now)
Can you specify: Male / Female / Non Binary in each year.
PLEASE NOTE: That is obesity is measured as someone with a BMI of 35 or more, a BMI of 32.5 or more if they are of Asian, Chinese, Middle Eastern, Black African or African-Caribbean origin.
Response
Question 1
Total Officers employed by Northamptonshire Police as of December 2023 – 1525
Male – 959
Female - 566
Total Officers employed by Northamptonshire Police as of December 2024 – 1497
Male – 914
Female – 563
Unknown / Not disclosed – 20
Total Officers employed by Northamptonshire Police as of January 2025 – 1492
Male – 904
Female – 559
Unknown / Not disclosed – 29
Question 2
Northamptonshire Police does not keep records of overweight or obese Officers.
Question 3
Northamptonshire Police does not keep records of Police Officers who take weight loss medication.
The data presented in this response is an un-audited snapshot of un-published data sourced from "live" systems and is subject to the interpretation of the original request by the individual extracting the data.
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