State Veterinary Service (Hansard, 22 May 2002)

Lord Redesale

asked Her Majesty's Government:

What are the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs' (a) overtime and (b) time

The number of cases of BSE confirmed in Great Britain during each week of 2001 and in the current year to 10 May, and the moving annual totals of "confirmed" and "reported" cases for each 52-week period
2001	2002
Week number	Number confirmed each week	52-week total confirmed	52-week total reported	Week number	Number confirmed each week	52-week total confirmed	52-week total reported
1	20	1,561	1,836	1	0	1,032	1,207
2	38	1,566	1,813	2	19	1,031	1,209
3	14	1,520	1,802	3	22	1,015	1,208
4	12	1,519	1,780	4	63	1,064	1,200
5	11	1,505	1,760	5	23	1,075	1,201
6	12	1,504	1,743	6	54	1,118	1,184
7	35	1,476	1,732	7	45	1,151	1,185
8	14	1,434	1,705	8	16	1,132	1,182
9	14	1,416	1,689	9	31	1,149	1,174
10	11	1,394	1,674	10	14	1,149	1,160
11	7	1,355	1,637	11	45	1,183	1,151
12	14	1,362	1,614	12	19	1,195	1,153
13	5	1,291	1,597	13	46	1,227	1,146
14	21	1,271	1,572	14	0	1,222	1,152
15	13	1,258	1,564	15	39	1,240	1,154
16	6	1,239	1,557	16	31	1,258	1,156
17	13	1,227	1,541	17	20	1,272	1,162
18	19	1,220	1,525	18	29	1,288	1,169
19	16	1,207	1,495	19	11	1,280	1,162
20	16	1,193	1,472
21	16	1,171	1,443
22	15	1,160	1,433
23	9	1,152	1,426
24	16	1,146	1,410

104WA

off in lieu policies for the State Veterinary Service. [HL4102]

§ Lord Whitty

The State Veterinary Service adheres to the departmental policies which govern overtime and time off in lieu:

prior approval to work overtime must be obtained in all cases;

managers are asked to make every effort to avoid overtime working and as far as possible ensure that it occurs only at time of exceptional pressure of work;

wherever possible, volunteers are sought and weekend overtime avoided;

a long hours culture is not encouraged, nor are regular calls on particular groups of staff; and

as an alternative to payment, time off in lieu may be taken.

Staff in the Senior Civil Service, and those who do not work set conditioned hours or whose pay already includes payment for working overtime, and fee paid staff are not eligible for overtime payments.