§ Mr. WillisTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many(a) primary school teachers and (b) secondary school teachers took sickness absence in (i) 1999, (ii) 2000 and (iii) 2001, broken down by (1) full-time and (2) part-time teachers. [60527]
§ Mr. MilibandIn the calendar years 1999, 2000 and 2001 (provisional), the numbers of full-time and part-time teachers in the English maintained schools sector taking sickness absence1 were as follows:
Full-time Part-time 1999 234,520 30,130 2000 238,820 34,450 2001 246,300 37,300 These figures cannot be broken down by phase.
1 Sickness absence on working days, whether paid absence or not, of teachers with permanent contracts or contracts of over one month, including teachers without QTS. The numbers of teachers taking sick leave includes an individual teacher only once however many periods of sickness absence they have had.
§ Mr. WillisTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many days(a) primary school teachers and (b) secondary school teachers took in sickness absence in (i) 1999, (ii) 2000 and (iii) 2001, broken down by (1) full-time and (2) part-time teachers. [60528]
§ Mr. MilibandIn the calendar years 1999, 2000 and 2001 (provisional), the numbers of days of sickness absence' taken by full-time and part-time teachers in the English maintained schools sector were as follows:
Full-time Part-time 1999 2,249,150 254,180 2000 2,392,400 301,970 2001 2,461,000 338.900 These figures cannot be broken down by phase.
1 Sickness absence on working days, whether paid absence or not, of teachers with permanent contracts or contracts of over one month, including teachers without QTS. The number of days taken as sick leave includes all periods of sick leave.