Jonathan Ashworth – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department for International Development
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Jonathan Ashworth on 2016-03-14.
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many and what proportion of officials of her Department took sick leave for reasons relating to stress in each of the last five years; and what proportion of total sick leave that leave was in each such year.
Mr Desmond Swayne
The table below provides the overall sick leave taken by DFID staff, and the proportion of sick leave for reasons related to stress in each of the past three years. Information on 2011/12 and 2012/13 could only be provided at disproportionate cost.
|
Period |
Stress Related Absence (Days ) |
Total Sick Leave (Days) |
Percentage Stress Related Absence against Total Sick Leave |
No of Staff who took Stress Related Absence |
No of Staff who took Sick Leave |
Percentage staff who took Stress Related Absence against total staff who recorded a sick absence |
|
March 2015 – February 2016 |
1485 |
9087 |
16.3% |
63 |
1294 |
4.9% |
|
April 2014 – March 2015 |
1642 |
8889 |
18.5% |
58 |
1367 |
4.2% |
|
April 2013 – March 2014 |
1137 |
8427 |
13.5% |
39 |
1180 |
3.3% |
