§ Mr. BlunkettTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment how many working days were lost through sickness by(a) teachers in England, (b) staff in the local education service and (c) staff in her Department in each of the last five years. [8616]
§ Mr. Robin SquireThe Department for Education and Employment does not collect the information requested at(a) and (b).
The numbers of working days lost through sickness by staff in my Department from 1992 to 1995 are shown in the following table. Information prior to 1992 is not available.
1992 1993 1994 1995 Former Department for Education (including Teachers' Pensions Agency) 20,368 20,966 13,926 — Former Employment Department (excluding Employment Service) 71,953 80,620 62,266 — DfEE — — — 172,857 1 Includes data covering all staff in the former ED and DfEE up to the merger on 5 July 1995; and in the DfEE for the remainder of the year.