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Departmental Sick Leave

Volume 479: debated on Monday 21 July 2008

To ask the Solicitor-General how many working days have been lost due to sickness amongst employees for which the Law Officers Department is responsible in each year since 1997. (218046)

The following tables provide the details of the number of working days lost due to sickness. These are broken down by the different Departments as records are not held in the same way.

Attorney-General’s Office, Treasury Solicitors Department and HM Crown Prosecution Service Inspectorate

Calendar year

Average working days lost per person

2003

5.5

2004

5.1

2005

7.2

2006

7.1

2007

Note:

Records prior to 2003 are not available.

Crown Prosecution Service

Calendar year

Average working days lost per person

2001

8.9

2002

8.8

2003

9.2

2004

8.0

2005

9.7

2006

9.9

2007

10.0

Revenue and Customs Prosecutions Office

Calendar year

Average working days lost per person

2005 (April to December)1

4.5

2006

4.5

2007

4.3

2008 (January to March)

7.2

1 RCPO was created on 18 April 2005.

Serious Fraud Office

Financial year

Average working days lost per person

2000-01

6.1

2001-02

5.2

2002-03

9.5

2003-04

14.6

2004-05

11.3

2005-06

6.2

2006-07

8.3

2007-08

8.1