HC Deb 13 July 1998 vol 316 c2W
Mr. Blunt

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster how many members of the Home Civil Service have been on leave on full pay either between appointments or pending retirement from the Civil Service for(a) more than three months, (b) more than six months, (c) more than nine months and (d) more than one year. [28898]

Dr. David Clark

The information requested is not held centrally and is a matter for individual Departments. The figures for my own Department, including our Agencies, for the year 1 April 1997 to 31 March 1998 are as follows:

  1. (a) Five (including two members of staff on long-term sick leave and one on maternity leave
  2. (b) Zero
  3. (c) Three
  4. (d) One

Figures for previous years are not readily available.

The Central Office of Information (COI) is a separate Department reporting to me. There were no cases in COI matching the criteria.