HC Deb 20 April 1995 vol 258 cc264-5W
Mr. David Shaw

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs 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. [19685]

Mr. Goodlad

The number of hours of overtime worked in the diplomatic wing of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office and Wilton Park, an executive agency of the FCO, is not readily available and could be obtained only at disproportionate cost. The details for the Overseas Development Administration and the Natural Resources Institute are as follows:

ODA NRI
1994–95 19,582 1,297
1993–94 27,424 1,538
1992–93 24,229 1,263

The total amount paid in overtime in the diplomatic wing, Wilton Park, ODA and NRI are:

Diplomatic wing £ Wilton Park £ ODA £ NRI £
1994–95 3,773,172 17,587 173,657 11,053
1993–94 4,205,249 17,314 234,867 12,438
1992–93 4,942,219 12,166 198,561 10,667

A comprehensive system for collating sick leave information for the diplomatic wing and Wilton Park was started only in 1994 and is now being completed. Details of the total time lost through sickness and its monetary equivalent in each of the last three years could therefore be collated only at disproportionate cost. Details of days lost through sickness in the ODA and NRI are:

ODA NRI
1994 n/a n/a
1993 11,744 2,641
1992 10,738 2,921

Neither the ODA nor NRI can provide figures for the monetary equivalent.

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