§ Mr. David ShawTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment if he will list for each agency and the central Department for which he is responsible(a) the total hours of overtime worked for which payment has been made, (b) the total amount paid in overtime and (c) the total time in days and its monetary equivalent lost through sickness in each of the last three years. [19671]
§ Miss Widdecombe(a) The total hours of overtime worked for the last three financial years is shown in the following table:
1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 Employment Department (ED) 257,755 261,128 216,771 Employment Service (ES) 427,031 590,624 276,599 Health and Safety Executive (HSE) 52,308 48,867 58,927 Arbitration, Conciliation and Arbitration Service (ACAS) 2,597 1,406 2,324 Total 739,691 902,025 554,621 (b) The total amount paid in overtime for the last three financial years in pounds is shown in the following table:
1992–93 £ 1993–94 £ 1994–95 £ ED 1,905,659 1,970,987 1,726,760 ES 2,714,692 3,849,480 2,029,850 HSE 344,814 372,940 444,900 ACAS 18,674 9,505 18,243 Total 4,983,839 6,202,912 4,219,753 (c) Data on total time in days lost through sickness for 1994 are not yet available. However, the figures for 1992 and 1993 calendar years in days are shown in the following table:
1992 1993 ED 71,953 80,620 ES 482,875 595,291 HSE 30,917 40,576 ACAS 4,166 6,116 Total 589,911 722,603 No records are available which give figures for the monetary equivalent for time lost through sickness.