Army Base Repair Organisation Workshops: Sick Leave

HL Deb 27 October 2000 vol 618 cc63-4WA

Earl Attlee

asked Her Majesty's Government:

What is the approximate number of days taken as sick leave per employee per year at the Army Base Repair Organisation Workshops at—(a) Sennybridge; (b) Colchester; and (c) Bovingdon. [HL4229]

Baroness Symons of Vernham Dean

The approximate number of days taken as sick leave per employee per year at the Army Base Repair Organisation workshops at Sennybridge, Colchester and Bovington is currently as follows:

1. (a) Sennybridge: 8.7 days
2. (b) Colchester: 12.47 days
3. (c) Bovington: 8.4 days

The figures include all absences incurred as a result of ordinary sickness (including non-working days where sick absence straddles weekends), those incurred as a direct result of industrial injuries and those employees on long-term sickness due to serious illness/hospital admissions.