§ Mr. IngramTo ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department what estimate he has made of the additional costs, net of any reduction in employer's national insurance contributions, to his departmental budget for the financial year 1994–95 resulting from the changes in statutory sick pay provision.
Mr. John M. TaylorThe provision for statutory sick pay is included within the Department's existing running costs baseline. The cost to the Department of statutory sick pay is notional. Any additional cost to the Department arising from the need to cover sick absence would be absorbed within the baseline.