Sickness Absence (Hansard, 22 January 2003)

HC Deb 22 January 2003 vol 398 c383W 383W

§ Mr. Bercow
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many days were lost due to sickness absence in the Department in 2002. [90535]

§ Mr. Evans
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many working days were lost due to illness in his Department in(a) 2002 and (b) each of the preceding five years. [90742]

§ Mr. McCartney
The information is not available in the form requested. Statistics for the DWP are available from April 2002.
The number of days lost due to sickness absence between 1 April 2002 and 30 November 2002 is 1,113,333.9 days. Using this figure, the average number of working days lost due to sickness for this period equates to 12.2 days per person.