The following table details the number of working days lost due to sickness among employees in the Northern Ireland Office in each year from 2000. Details are unavailable prior to 2000. The figures prior to 2004-05 do not include Home Civil Servants (HCS staff); however, they are included in figures from 2004-05 onwards.
Staff included Total days absence 2000-01 NIO NICS 12,147.5 2001-02 NIO NICS 13,396.4 2002-03 NIO NICS 14,894.5 2003-04 NIO NICS 16,592.5 2004-05 NIO NICS and NIO HCS 18,364.5 2005-06 NIONICS and NIO HCS 17,313.3 2006-07 NIONICS and NIO HCS 18,631.8