Departmental Sick Leave

Culture Media and Sport written question – answered at on 10 December 2009.

Alert me about debates like this

Photo of Philip Hammond Philip Hammond Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how many days of sick leave were taken by staff in his Department and its agency in each of the last 12 months for which figures are available; and what the cost to his Department was of such sick leave.

Photo of Siôn Simon Siôn Simon Parliamentary Under-Secretary, Department for Culture, Media and Sport

The information is as follows:

Number of working days lost due to sickness during the period from 1 December 2008 to 30 November 2009
DCMS The Royal Parks Total
20008
December 134 52 186
2009
January 152 37 189
February 88 33 121
March 115 32 147
April 154 9 163
May 148 20 168
June 149 15 164
July 175 54 229
August 215 52 267
September 211 64 275
October 149 95 244
November 76 60 136
Total 1,766 523 2,289
Cost of sickness for the period from 1 December 2008 to 30 November 2009
£
DCMS The Royal Parks Total
20008
December 23,852 9,256 33,108
2009
January 27,056 6,586 33,642
February 15,664 5,874 21,538
March 20,470 5,696 26,166
April 28,182 1,647 29,829
May 27,084 3,660 30,744
June 27,267 2,745 30,012
July 32,025 9,882 41,907
August 39,345 9,515 48,860
September 38,613 11,712 50,325
October 27,267 17,385 44,652
November 13,908 10,980 24,888
Total 320,733 94,938 415,671

Does this answer the above question?

Yes2 people think so

No1 person thinks not

Would you like to ask a question like this yourself? Use our Freedom of Information site.