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% |
