Business, Innovation and Skills written question – answered at on 16 May 2012.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills how many of days of sick leave were taken by staff in his Department in each of the last three years.
holding answer
In June 2009 the Department for Business Enterprise and Regulatory Reform (BERR) was merged with the Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills (DIUS) to create the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS). Therefore we only have access to data from this date.
The following table shows how many days of sick leave were taken by staff in the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills including UKTI in each of the last three years. The figures are based on a 12-month rolling period.
Number of sick leave days | |
(1) July 2009 to June 2010 | 13,036 |
(2) July 2010 to June 2011 | 9,867 |
(3) January 2011 to December 2011(1) | 13,819 |
(1) 3(rd) year data overlap 2(nd) year due to the way in which data are collected on a 12 month rolling period. |
All BIS core (including UKTI) and agencies sickness absence information is published on a quarterly basis and can be found in the following link.
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