HC Deb 02 February 1995 vol 253 cc799-800W
Mr. Chidgey

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what were the absenteeism rates for(a) the United Kingdom Passport Agency and (b) his Department in 1994.

Mr. Howard

I regret that information on sick absence for the Department as a whole in not yet available.

A special exercise by the United Kingdom Passport Agency has shown that the average number of working days lost through sick absence for the calendar year 1994 is 14.09 days. This figure is calculated by including non-working days which fall within the period of sick absence.