Departmental Sickness Absence (Hansard, 16 January 2002)

HC Deb 16 January 2002 vol 378 c339W 339W

§ Mr. Bercow
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if she will commission and publish an independent report on the reasons for the level of sickness absence in her Department. [26995]

§ Ms Hewitt
The Cabinet Office already commissions and publishes an independent annual report "Analysis of Sickness Absence in the Civil Service". This report includes details of the causes of absenteeism. The report for the year 2000 will be published shortly.