Departments: Sick Leave

David Simpson
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what percentage of sick leave taken by staff in his Department was stress-related in each of the last three years.

John Healey
The average working days lost per staff year in HM Treasury in the last three years is as follows:

2006: 4.8 of which 1.1 days is estimated to be stress-related

2005: 4.9 of which 1.2 days is estimated to be stress-related

2004: 4.1 of which 0.8 days is estimated to be stress-related