§ Mr. ChidgeyTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what was the absenteeism rate for the Natural Resources Institute in each year since 1991.
§ Mr. Baldry[pursuant to his reply 24 January. 1995, c.103]: The chief executive of the Natural Resources Institute, Mr. Anthony Beattie, has now written providing details of staff sick leave.
Letter from Anthony Beattie to Mr. David Chidgey, dated 10 February 1995:
Further to my letter of 24 January about absenteeism rates in the Natural Resources Institute, the figures you have asked for arc as follows:
1991 1992 1993 1994 Days absence per staff year 6.49 6.56 6.28 6.20 The figures include all sickness absences whether certificated or uncertificated. There is no separate definition of absenteeism for which records are maintained. A year is taken to be 365 days and sickness absences spanning weekends and public holidays are included in the calculation.I should also explain that a different set of data exists which is collated by the Civil Service Occupational Health Service but which is available only for the calendar years 1992 and 1993. These data exclude weekends and public holidays from the reckoning and are calculated on the basis of a year consisting of 225 working days. On this basis, NRI's record was:
1992 1993 Working days absence per 225 working days 5.45 4.82