FOI 0080-2025/26- Officers secondary employment

Request:

I am writing to request information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. I seek the following information for your police force, broken down by calendar year from 2019 to the most recent full year available, and for each year by officer rank from Police Constable to Inspector inclusive:

Q1)The number of applications made by officers for second employment or any similar employment arrangements, as defined under your force's business interest or secondary employment policies.

Q2)The number of such applications that were approved.

Q3)The number of such applications that were not approved.

Response: 

Extent and Result of Searches to Locate Information

To locate the information relevant to your request searches were conducted within North Yorkshire Police.

I can confirm that the information you have requested is held by North Yorkshire Police. 

Decision

I have today decided to disclose the following information to you.

Q1. Please see the table below showing the number of applications made by officers for second employment or any similar employment arrangements as defined under the force's business interest or secondary employment policies, broken down by calendar year.

Q2. Please see the table below showing those applications that were approved, broken down by calendar year.

Q3. Please see the table below showing those applications that were not approve, broken down by calendar year.

Please note that systems used for recording information are not generic, nor are the procedures used locally in capturing the data.  It should be noted therefore that this force’s response to your questions should not be used for comparison purposes with any other responses you may receive.