Cabinet Office: Sick Pay
(asked on 14th September 2017) - View Source
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the cost of sickness pay to staff in his Department was in each of the 10 years prior to June 2016.
The table below sets out the cost of sickness pay paid to staff in my Department each year from 1 April 2009 to 30th June 2016. Information about the cost of sickness pay paid to staff in my Department before April 2009 is not available.
| 2009* | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016** |
Statutory Sick Pay | £269 | £1,567 | £5,163 | £2,063 | £4,903 | £3,266 | £6,628 | £4,928 |
Occupational Sick Pay | £139,535 | £203,025 | £528,810 | £406,837 | £405,908 | £439,844 | £465,716 | £290,081 |
Total | £141,813 | £206,602 | £535,984 | £410,911 | £412,824 | £445,124 | £474,358 | £297,025 |
| * From 1 Apr 2009 |
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| **To 30 Jun 2016 | ||
Information about sickness absence in the Cabinet Office is published on the Cabinet Office website at https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/cabinet-office-absence-data
The most recent published figures show that for the year to 30 June 2017, the Cabinet Office has one of the lowest recorded sickness rates across the Civil Service at 2.9 average working days lost when compared to the latest Civil Service average of 7.0 .
My Department is committed to reducing work related absence due to mental illness and has a number of services in place to support members of staff suffering from such conditions. Our Workwell community is staffed by volunteers who aim to make Cabinet Office a happy and healthy workplace through a number of interventions including a listening service for staff. We also offer a 24 hour counselling support helpline through our Employee Assistance Programme provider and advocate early referral to our occupational health service where appropriate, for advice on a number of conditions including mental health.