Departmental Sickness Absence (Hansard, 17 January 2002)

HC Deb 17 January 2002 vol 378 c427W 427W

§ Mr. Bercow
To ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will commission and publish an independent report on the reasons for the level of sickness absence in his Department. [26998]

§ Mr. Paul Murphy
The Cabinet Office already commissions and publishes an independent annual report "Analysis of Sickness Absence in the Civil Service". This report includes details of the causes of absenteeism. The report for the year 2000 will be published shortly.