HC Deb 14 July 1995 vol 263 c812W
Mr. Ian McCartney

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment how many days were lost in sickness in the last 12 months by employees in his Department(a) in total and (b) as a proportion of the number of days worked; and what was the cost of this absence. [34591]

Sir Paul Beresford

The following provisional information for the calendar year 1994 covers non-industrial staff in my Department, excluding Health and Safety Executive, Ordnance Survey and PSA services. All calculations have been adjusted for weekends and public holidays.

  1. (a) 43,210 days were lost in sickness
  2. (b) 3.04 per cent.

Source: OHSA Sickness Absence Database

The cost of this absence could be provided only at disproportionate cost.