§ Mr. LansleyTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what proportion of the staff of his Department were absent from work due to sickness as a proportion of the staff time available in each year since 2000. [173838]
§ Ms Rosie WintertonInformation on sickness absence in the Department is available in the publication, "Analysis of Sickness Absence in the Civil Service". Copies of "Analysis of Sickness Absence in the Civil Service" are available in the Library and at www.cabinet-office.gov.ukcivilservice/publications/sickness/index.htm. The website also contains reports for the previous three years.
Information on the number of staff employed by the Department can be found in the publication, "Civil Service Statistics".
Copies of "Civil Service Statistics" are available in the Library and at www.civil-service.gov.uk/Statistics/css/htm. The website contains publications since the financial year 1970.