§ David MacleanTo ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many days on average were lost 695W per employee in his Department because of sickness; and how many officials retired early from his Department in each of the past 10 years. [R] [5054]
§ Mr. McCartneyInformation is not available in the format requested. Such information as is available is in the tables.
Average days lost per employee due to sickness Year DSS Group ES Group 1993 12.2 11.8 1994 12.1 11.0 1995 12.6 11.9 1996 12.2 11.8 1997 12.2 12.6 1998 10.8 10.7 1999 10.9 11.0 Notes:
1. Machinery of Government changes:
1996 figures do not include the Resettlement Agency;
1999 figures do not include the Contributions Agency.
2. As the Department for Work and Pensions is a new Department. the information is only available under the former categories of the DSS Group and the Education and Employment/Employment Group (DFEE). It is not possible to separate out information for the parts of the employment group which are now the responsibility of the Department for Work and Pensions.
3. For consistency, the data on sick absence are taken from the reports on the Analyses of Sickness Absence in the Civil Service 1993–99. Data for 2000 are not available at this time.
4. DSS Group comprises: DSS HQ, Resettlement Agency, Information Technology Agency, Contributions Agency, Child Support Agency and War Pensions Directorate.
5. ES Group comprises DfEE, Health and Safety Executive, ACAS and Employment Services.
Numbers of staff retiring early Year DSS Group DSS Group1 Employment Service Employment Service1 1996 1,046 570 n/a n/a 1997 811 447 n/a n/a 1998 904 403 184 n/a 1999 39 278 172 n/a 2000 61 195 134 n/a 1Ill Health Retirement Notes:
1. Table does not include figure for DfEE.
2. Data for staff retiring early for the Department of Education and Employment Services (Employment Group) are not held centrally. Information would need to be sourced from 'Paymaster', formerly the Paymaster General's office. The question cannot be answered due to disproportionate cost.