Gregory Campbell – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Cabinet Office

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Gregory Campbell on 2016-01-14.

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the change in the number of civil servants who have had their employment terminated due to absence related to their sickness record has been in each of the last five years.

Matthew Hancock

This information is not held centrally. Each employing department operates their own attendance management process and keep their own records.

The Civil Service strives to improve health and wellbeing at work for our staff and this remains a priority. We have reduced our level of sickness absence over the past five years and continue to actively manage our progress against benchmarking information. However if an employee does not meet the attendance level expected of them then we will take appropriate action, which in some cases might lead to dismissal.