Sickness Absence

Mr. Bercow
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how many staff in the Department have been on long-term sick leave in each of the last two years. [115862]

Mr. Straw
I refer the hon. Member to the answer given him by my hon. Friend the Under Secretary of State (Mr. O"Brien) on 29 April 2003, Official Report, column 330W.