§ Mr. LawsTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what the rate of staff(a) absenteeism and (b) sickness 933W was in his Department and each of its agencies and non-departmental public bodies in each year from 1990–91 to 2002–03; what the target set is for his Department; and if he will make a statement. [93504]
§ John HealeyInformation on absenteeism is not available. Unauthorised absence is recorded as unpaid leave along with authorised unpaid absence (such as maternity leave or career breaks) and cannot be disaggregated.
Average working days absence per staff-year 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 Customs and Excise 8.3 9.6 9.1 8.9 9.4 9.6 9.0 8.7 Inland Revenue 9.6 10.8 10.8 11.9 11.0 11.5 10.9 9.5 Valuation Office Agency — — — 9.8 9.0 10.1 9.2 7.0 Office for National Statistics (Central Statistical Office) 9.1 11.5 — 9.1 9.6 8.8 8.0 7.9 Department for National Savings 14.3 16.1 14.3 10.9 9.6 4.7 8.8 2.2 Government Actuary Department 5.8 5.8 10.4 6.2 6.7 6.7 6.6 6.9 HM Treasury 7.0 8.4 5.1 4.9 5.3 5.5 3.9 4.7 Information for the Royal Mint and the Debt Management Office is as follows:
Average working days absence per staff-year 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 Royal Mint 7.5 8.2 8.0 5.8 6.3 6.5 5.4 5.9 Debt Management Office — — — — 0 0.5 0.3 1.1 Information for 2002 will be announced in due course. Sick absence targets for Customs and Excise, Inland Revenue, Valuation Office Agency, ONS and HM Treasury are reported in the relevant departmental or annual reports. These are available on the relevant websites. Targets for DNS, GAD and the Royal Mint are in the following table. The DMO are reviewing their sick management policies.
Sick absence target DNS 4.3 working days by 2003 GAD 7.5 working days by end of March 2003. Royal Mint 6.3 days for non-industrial staff for 2003