Sickness Absence

Mr. Bercow
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many staff in his Department were on long-term sick leave in each of the last five years. [109258]

Ruth Kelly
The number of staff who had a period of sick absence lasting more than 30 working days is as follows: ------
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|2002|
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|2001|
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|1998|
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