Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate she has made of the number of days of sick leave taken by staff in her Department for mental health reasons in each year since 2010.
The Department for Work and Pensions takes the Health, Safety and Wellbeing of its staff very seriously and recognises the need to support its employees with work related Mental Health conditions and its legal duties to do so.
We are committed to reducing sick absence as a result of work-related mental health conditions and provides a number of services in place to support its employees in managing those conditions in the workplace. This includes Stress Management Policy, Working Well Together Strategy and our established network of Mental Health First Aiders.
The table below provides details of the recorded Working Days Lost
DWP Working Days Lost (WDL) for Mental Health Reasons | |||
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Period | Working Days Lost - FTE | DWP Headcount at 31 March |
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April 2009 - March 2010 | 181,480 | 120,069 |
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April 2010 - March 2011 | 184,667 | 109,445 |
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April 2011 - March 2012 | 144,830 | 99,958 |
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April 2012 - March 2013 | 153,681 | 104,889 | Child Support joins DWP |
April 2013 - March 2014 | 149,614 | 95,923 |
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April 2014 - March 2015 | 123,619 | 90,018 |
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April 2015 - March 2016 | 111,960 | 84,919 |
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April 2016 - March 2017 | 116,108 | 84,052 |
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