§ Mr. David ShawTo 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. GoodladThe 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:
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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.