Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many staff of his Department have been absent from work on full pay for more than twelve consecutive months.

The number of staff currently employed by this Department that have been absent from work on full pay for more than twelve consecutive months is fewer than five and therefore not suitable for release. Providing a more accurate response to this request would breach the Data Protection Act.