Sickness Absence

HC Deb 28 July 2000 vol 354 cc1023-4W

Mr. Matthew Taylor

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will publish the monthly outturns on

Departmental Expenditure Limits—Resource and Capital Budgets in real terms
£ billion, 1999–2000 prices
	1999–2000	2000–01	2001–02	2002–03	2003–04
Resource Budget:
Education and Employment	14.2	16.3	17.9	19.0	19.8
Health	40.0	42.6	44.7	47.7	50.6
of which:NHS	39.4	41.9	43.6	45.7	48.6
Environment, Transport and Regions	3.9	4.2	4.9	5.2	5.1
Local Government	33.9	34.5	35.0	36.3	37.7
Home Office	7.0	7.4	8.3	8.7	8.9
Legal Departments	2.7	2.8	2.9	2.9	2.9

sickness absence as listed in reports from directors in his Department for each month for the last two years; and if he will make a statement. [130724]

Dawn Primarolo

[holding answer 20 July 2000]: I refer my hon. Friend to the answer given on 11 May 2000, Official Report, column 434W. The latest published statistics on sickness absence were given in the report "Analysis of Sickness Absence in the Civil Service 1998" prepared by BMI Health Service Ltd. These show that HM Treasury has the lowest absence rate of Departments and Agencies of a similar size.