Absenteeism

HC Deb 31 January 1996 vol 270 cc751-2W

Mr. Malcolm Bruce

To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what estimate he has made of absenteeism rates in days per annum for staff in his Department for 1995–96. [11373]

Mr. Willetts

The table below gives the available absenteeism figures for the central Cabinet Office including No. 10 and the executive agencies for which I am responsible. Figures for previous years and 1995–96 are not available.

	1993–94	1994–95
Central Department	8.48	8.45
COI	7.76	9.67
CS College	7.00	6.40
HMSO	9.86	7.03
OHSA	8.82	14.52
RAS	8.58	12.99
Chessington	9.00	10.37
SAFE	4.34	11.05
TBA	9.97	8.70
Total	8.35	8.61

Absence rates represent total days absent divided by total number of staff.