Speeches

Jonathan Ashworth – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the HM Treasury

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Jonathan Ashworth on 2016-03-01.

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many officials of his Department took sick leave for reasons relating to stress in each of the last five years; and what proportion of (a) his Department’s staff and (b) total sick leave the sick leave of such officials represented in each such year.

Harriett Baldwin

The Treasury’s sickness absence data for ‘Mental and Behavioural Disorders’ includes stress related conditions.

Details relating to Mental and Behavioural Disorders for the four financial years to March 2015 and the most current information to September 2015 is as follows:

Year/period

Number of officials

Proportion of staff

Proportion of total sick leave of the department

October 2014 to September 2015

38

3.1%

26%

April 2014 to March 2015

36

3.2%

25%

April 2013 to March 2014

33

3.0%

25%

April 2012 to March 2013

32

2.8%

19%

April 2011 to March 2012

28

2.4%

18%