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Written Question
Government Departments: Sick Leave
Wednesday 13th November 2024

Asked by: Helen Morgan (Liberal Democrat - North Shropshire)

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the Answer of 2 February 2024 to Question 11521 on Government Departments: Sick Leave, if he will make an estimate of the number of staff days lost to long term sick absences in each Department in 2023.

Answered by Georgia Gould - Parliamentary Secretary (Cabinet Office)

The table below provides the estimates requested, number of long term sick days lost per department, along with our preferred measure, Average Working Days Lost (AWDL) per staff year which accounts for workforce size and composition. Data is provided for the main Ministerial Departments consistent with the answer of 2 February 2024 to Question 11521.

Long term sickness absence by Main Department, days lost and average working days lost per staff year, 2023

2023 (year ending 31 Mar 2023)

Department

Long Term Sick Days Lost

Average Working Days Lost

Cabinet Office

24,260

2.3

Department for Levelling up, Housing and Communities

8,360

2.0

Department Culture Media and Sport

3,370

1.4

Department for Environment

25,560

2.1

Department for Education

19,790

2.5

Department for Transport

75,190

4.8

Department for Health and Social Care

34,180

3.3

Department for Work and Pensions

367,360

4.7

HM Customers and Revenue

305,190

4.5

HM Treasury

4,230

1.5

Home Office

139,980

3.8

Ministry of Defence

173,050

3.2

Ministry of Justice

580,740

6.9

Scottish Government

151,000

5.8

Welsh Government

21,560

3.9


Written Question
Waste Disposal: Vacancies
Thursday 8th February 2024

Asked by: Helen Morgan (Liberal Democrat - North Shropshire)

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether he has made an estimate of the number of local council waste collector vacancies in each year since 2015.

Answered by John Glen

The information requested falls under the remit of the UK Statistics Authority.

A response to the Hon lady’s Parliamentary Question of 31st January is attached and I have placed a copy of the datasets in the Libraries of the House.