HC Deb 20 July 2001 vol 372 cc562-3W
David Maclean

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer in each of the last 10 years(a) how many days were lost per employee due to sickness and (b) how many officials took early retirement from his Department. [5326]

Ruth Kelly

Figures published by the Cabinet Office on sickness absence are available since 1994. For the Treasury, the figures for working days absence per staff year were:

Year Working days per staff year
1994 7.0
1995 8.4
1996 5.1
1997 4.9
1998 5.3
1999 5.5

The latest publication is "Analysis of Sickness Absence in the Civil Service 1999" published in February 2001.

For early retirement, the figures for the Treasury are in the table.

Year Number of officials taking early retirement
1991 11
1992 14
1993 12
1994 34
1995 34
1996 30
1997 5
1998 10
1999 6
2000 10