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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 31 Oct 2022
Western Jet Foil and Manston Asylum Processing Centres

"So is the Home Secretary acknowledging that there are human beings at the Manston centre who are being unlawfully detained for long periods? If so, what assessment has her Department provided to her of the prospect of someone issuing a legal challenge against her Department for this unlawful detention?..."
Chris Stephens - View Speech

View all Chris Stephens (SNP - Glasgow South West) contributions to the debate on: Western Jet Foil and Manston Asylum Processing Centres

Written Question
Immigration Enforcement Directorate: Sick Leave
Tuesday 11th October 2022

Asked by: Chris Stephens (Scottish National Party - Glasgow South West)

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what was the average number of working days that staff in Immigration Enforcement were unable to work [CLARIFY: due to sickness] in (a) 2019, (b) 2020, and (c) 2021.

Answered by Tom Pursglove

Please see table below.

Business Area

Average Working Days Lost (AWDL)

Borders and Enforcement

9.39

Data Source: Metis - Home Office Human Capital Management System

Period Covered: 01/07/2021 to 30/06/2022

Organisational Coverage: Borders and Enforcement data has been provided as Border Force has not existed since the Blueprint changes in October 2021

Employee Coverage: In line with Cabinet Office guidelines on sickness absence reporting, the data is based on FTE of paid civil servants who had a sickness absence during the period covered.


Written Question
Immigration Enforcement Directorate: Sick Leave
Tuesday 11th October 2022

Asked by: Chris Stephens (Scottish National Party - Glasgow South West)

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what was the average number of working days lost to sickness for staff working in Immigration Enforcement in the last 12 months.

Answered by Tom Pursglove

Please see table below.

Business Area

Average Working Days Lost (AWDL)

Borders and Enforcement

9.39

Data Source: Metis - Home Office Human Capital Management System

Period Covered: 01/07/2021 to 30/06/2022

Organisational Coverage: Borders and Enforcement data has been provided as Border Force has not existed since the Blueprint changes in October 2021

Employee Coverage: In line with Cabinet Office guidelines on sickness absence reporting, the data is based on FTE of paid civil servants who had a sickness absence during the period covered.


Written Question
UK Visas and Immigration: Sick Leave
Tuesday 11th October 2022

Asked by: Chris Stephens (Scottish National Party - Glasgow South West)

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what was the average number of working days lost to sickness for staff working in UK Visas and Immigration in the last 12 months.

Answered by Tom Pursglove

Please see table below.

Business Area

Average Working Days Lost (AWDL)

Visas & Immigration

9.15

Data Source: Metis - Home Office Human Capital Management System.

Period Covered: 01/07/2021 to 30/06/2022.

Employee Coverage: In line with Cabinet Office guidelines on sickness absence reporting, the data is based on FTE of paid civil servants who had a sickness absence during the period covered.


Written Question
Home Office: Lost Working Days
Tuesday 11th October 2022

Asked by: Chris Stephens (Scottish National Party - Glasgow South West)

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what was the average number of working days lost for staff in her Department inclusive of the Border Force between 1 January 2019 and 31 December 2021.

Answered by Tom Pursglove

Please see the table below.

Business Area

Year

Average Working Days Lost (AWDL)

Border Force

Dec 2019

7.14

Border Force

Dec 2020

5.95

Borders and Enforcement

Dec 2021

8.23

Dec 2019 & Dec 2020: Adelphi - Home Office Human Resources Record System.

Dec 2021: Metis - Home Office Human Capital Management System.

Period Covered: 1st January to 31st December each year.

Organisational Coverage:

Dec 2019 & Dec 2020: Border Force.

Dec 2021: Borders and Enforcement data has been provided as Border Force has not existed since the Blueprint changes in October 2021.

Employee Coverage: In line with Cabinet Office guidelines on sickness absence reporting, the data is based on FTE of paid civil servants who had a sickness absence during the period covered.

Note: A change in the business hierarchy saw Border Force & Immigration Enforcement become a new department, Borders & Enforcement.


Written Question
Home Office: Lost Working Days
Tuesday 11th October 2022

Asked by: Chris Stephens (Scottish National Party - Glasgow South West)

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what was the average number of working days lost in her Department at each grade between 1 January 2019 and 31 December 2021.

Answered by Tom Pursglove

Please see the table below.

Average Working Days Lost (AWDL)

Grades

Dec 2019

Dec 2020

Dec 2021

AA

9.15

9.25

13.18

AO

9.28

7.61

9.88

EO

7.95

6.52

9.12

HEO

5.67

4.65

5.88

SEO

4.88

3.57

4.64

Grade 7

3.04

2.74

3.17

Grade 6

1.69

2.19

2.62

SCS

1.60

1.95

2.18

Dec 2019 & Dec 2020: Adelphi - Home Office Human Resources Record System.

Dec 2021: Metis - Home Office Human Capital Management System.

Period Covered: 1st January to 31st December each year.

Employee Coverage: In line with Cabinet Office guidelines on sickness absence reporting, the data is based on FTE of paid civil servants who had a sickness absence during the period covered.


Written Question
UK Border Force: Lost Working Days
Tuesday 11th October 2022

Asked by: Chris Stephens (Scottish National Party - Glasgow South West)

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what was the average number of working days lost for staff working in the Border Force in the last 12 months.

Answered by Tom Pursglove

Please see the table below.

Business Area

Average Working Days Lost (AWDL)

Borders and Enforcement

9.39

Data Source: Metis - Home Office Human Capital Management System.

Period Covered: 01/07/2021 to 30/06/2022.

Organisational Coverage: Borders and Enforcement data has been provided as Border Force has not existed since the Blueprint changes in October 2021.

Employee Coverage: In line with Cabinet Office guidelines on sickness absence reporting, the data is based on FTE of paid civil servants who had a sickness absence during the period covered.


Written Question
HM Passport Office: Sick Leave
Tuesday 11th October 2022

Asked by: Chris Stephens (Scottish National Party - Glasgow South West)

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what was the average number of working days lost to sickness for staff working in HM Passport Office during the last 12 months.

Answered by Tom Pursglove

Please see the table below.

Business Area

Average Working Days Lost (AWDL)

HM Passport Office

10.65

Period Covered: 01/07/2021 to 30/06/2022.

Employee Coverage: In line with Cabinet Office guidelines on sickness absence reporting, the data is based on FTE of paid civil servants who had a sickness absence during the period covered.


Written Question
Home Office: Sick Leave
Tuesday 11th October 2022

Asked by: Chris Stephens (Scottish National Party - Glasgow South West)

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the average number of working days lost to sickness among (a) BAME and (b) non-BAME staff in her Department between 1 January 2019 and 31 December 2021.

Answered by Tom Pursglove

Please see table below.

Ethnicity

Average Working Days Lost (AWDL)

Minority Ethnic

10.81

White

7.82

Period Covered: 01/07/2021 to 30/06/2022

Organisational Coverage: Home Office

Employee Coverage: In line with Cabinet Office guidelines on sickness absence reporting, the data is based on FTE of paid civil servants who had a sickness absence during the period covered.

Notes: Figures for Ethnicity are representative of only those staff where ethnicity is known. Those who ‘Prefer not to say’ or are ‘Not Surveyed’ have been excluded.

Average Working Days Lost (AWDL)

Ethnicity

Dec 2019

Dec 2020

Dec 2021

Minority Ethnic

8.42

6.84

10.22

White

6.71

5.49

7.01

Dec 2019 & Dec 2020: Adelphi - Home Office Human Resources Record System. Dec 2021: Metis - Home Office Human Capital Management System Period Covered: 1st January to 31st December each year
Employee Coverage: In line with Cabinet Office guidelines on sickness absence reporting, the data is based on FTE of paid civil servants who had a sickness absence during the period covered.
Written Question
Home Office: Sick Leave
Tuesday 11th October 2022

Asked by: Chris Stephens (Scottish National Party - Glasgow South West)

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the average number of working days lost to sickness among (a) BAME and (b) non-BAME staff in her Department in the last 12 months.

Answered by Tom Pursglove

Please see table below.

Ethnicity

Average Working Days Lost (AWDL)

Minority Ethnic

10.81

White

7.82

Period Covered: 01/07/2021 to 30/06/2022

Organisational Coverage: Home Office

Employee Coverage: In line with Cabinet Office guidelines on sickness absence reporting, the data is based on FTE of paid civil servants who had a sickness absence during the period covered.

Notes: Figures for Ethnicity are representative of only those staff where ethnicity is known. Those who ‘Prefer not to say’ or are ‘Not Surveyed’ have been excluded.

Average Working Days Lost (AWDL)

Ethnicity

Dec 2019

Dec 2020

Dec 2021

Minority Ethnic

8.42

6.84

10.22

White

6.71

5.49

7.01

Dec 2019 & Dec 2020: Adelphi - Home Office Human Resources Record System. Dec 2021: Metis - Home Office Human Capital Management System Period Covered: 1st January to 31st December each year
Employee Coverage: In line with Cabinet Office guidelines on sickness absence reporting, the data is based on FTE of paid civil servants who had a sickness absence during the period covered.