Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average working days lost was for civil servants (a) from Black, Asian and minority Ethnic background and (b) recording themselves as White in his Department in (i) 2019 and (ii) 2020.
Average working days lost for 12 months to the end of December 2019 and 2020 by requested characteristics. Coverage: payroll staff within Ministry of Justice and executive agencies.
PQ 156621 | 01 Jan to 31 Dec 2019 | 01 Jan to 31 Dec 2020p |
Male | 9.3 | 8.0 |
Female | 8.7 | 7.4 |
PQ 156622 | 01 Jan to 31 Dec 2019 | 01 Jan to 31 Dec 2020 p |
Black, Asian and minority Ethnic background | 9.7 | 8.9 |
White | 8.6 | 7.4 |
Not known/Prefer not to say | 10.0 | 8.2 |
PQ 156623 | 01 Jan to 31 Dec 2019 | 01 Jan to 31 Dec 2020 p |
Under 30 | 8.0 | 6.8 |
30-49 | 8.2 | 7.0 |
50-59 | 10.3 | 8.6 |
60+ | 11.6 | 10.4 |
PQ 156624 | 01 Jan to 31 Dec 2019 | 01 Jan to 31 Dec 2020 p |
Declared disabled | 16.7 | 12.7 |
Declared not disabled | 7.9 | 6.6 |
Not known/Prefer not to say | 8.8 | 8.6 |
The MoJ is committed to supporting the health and wellbeing of all of its employees, and to reducing sickness absence levels.
(p) Figures relating to current financial year (April to December 2020) are provisional and may be subject to change in future.