Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average number of working days lost (AWDL) was for (a) female and (b) male civil servants in (i) 2019 and (ii) 2020.
The Department only holds information relating to its own staff. Average working days lost figures are calculated on rolling year to date basis, therefore the following data relate to the year to 31 December.
| Female | Male |
Dec-19 | 8.91 | 6.89 |
Dec-20 | 6.24 | 4.88 |