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Departmental Sick Leave

Volume 479: debated on Monday 21 July 2008

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development how many and what percentage of staff in his Department have had more than two periods of sickness of less than five days in each of the last three years. (218715)

The information for the last three calendars for home civil service staff is as follows:

In 2005, 276 staff had more than two periods of sickness of less than five days, this represents 14.7 per cent. of staff.

In 2006, 288 staff had more than two periods of sickness of less than five days, this represents 15.5 per cent. of staff.

In 2007, 213 staff had more than two periods of sickness of less than five days, this represents 11.1 per cent. of staff.