§ Mr. Malcolm BruceTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what estimate he has made of absenteeism rates in days per annum for staff in his Department for each370W 96 (i) to date and (ii) as estimated for the whole year; what estimate he has made of such expenditure for 1996–97; and if he will estimate the savings accruing to his Department from the use of consultants in each of these years. [11395]
§ Sir Paul BeresfordThe tables set out the information available on annual telephone costs and expenditure on consultants respectively.
of the years (a) 1979–80, (b) 1989–90, (c) 1991–92, (d) 1993–94, (e) 1994–95 and (f) 1995–96. [11397]
§ Sir Paul BeresfordThe following information gives the average number of sick days per staff member for the calendar years 1992, 1993 and 1994; it covers non-industrial staff in my Department—excluding Health and Safety Executive, Ordnance Survey and PSA Services. Information is not available for earlier years andwill not be available for 1995 until late summer.
- 1992: 8.0
- 1993: 8.1
- 1994: 7.17
Source: OHSA sickness absence database.