Prior to 1 April 2007 annual sick absence reporting across Government Departments was published by the Cabinet Office. Data for Government Departments was not analysed and reported at the time against the criteria outlined in the question and it is not possible for the Home Office to do so now, retrospectively, without incurring disproportionate cost.
From 1 April 2007 sick absence reporting across Government Departments was standardised and reported via quarterly surveys to Cabinet Office. Figures are reported as paid days lost to sickness by length of sick absence (short and medium term) and by absence reason.
One category of absence reason is "Mental Disorders" which includes all mental health and behavioural disorders as well as stress, anxiety and depression. The Home Office currently does not analyse and report figures against the full criteria outlined in the question and is not possible now without incurring disproportionate cost.
The Home Office is currently piloting a new standardised data source for its HR reporting; the intention is to move to this new data source by the end of this financial year so that it will be in a position to answer future questions about its staff more fully than has been the case in the past.
Figures for the Home Office and its Agencies for the financial year 2006-07 for those receiving sick pay for Mental Disorders, and as reported to Cabinet Office, are as follows:
Summary Days lost (short term) Days lost (long term) Total days lost (12 month period) Home Office Headquarters 498 4,242.00 4,740.00 Home Office UKBA 7,395.70 40,325.60 47,721.30 Home Office IPS 1,696.50 9,279.00 10,975.50 Home Office CRB 861 1,113.00 1,947.00 Home Department Grand To 10,451.20 54,959.60 65,410.801 1 Grand totals vary due to rounding on Cabinet Office spreadsheets used by Departments for Quarterly Returns.
The Home Office does not analyse and report HR information on its non-departmental public bodies against the criteria outlined in the question and to do so now would incur disproportionate cost.