To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what average number of days per year was taken by staff in his Department as sick leave in each of the last five years for which records are available. (143064)

The latest available data on sickness absence are published at the Cabinet Office statistics website under analysis of sickness absence in the civil service at:

http://www.civilservice.gov.uk/management/conditions%5Fof%5Fservice/publications/