Department of Health: Sick Leave
(asked on 15th November 2016) - View Source
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many working days were lost due to mental illness in his Department in each of the last three years.
This question was answered on 22nd November 2016
The numbers of working days lost due to mental illness in the Department in the past three years are given in the table below.
Year | Total Working Days Lost due to Mental Illness |
1 April 13 - 31 March 14 | 1,416 |
1 April 14 - 31 March 15 | 2,343 |
1 April 15 - 31 March 16 | 2,074 |
The above figures are for civil servants only.
Mental illness, as a reason for absence, has a standard definition across the Civil Service and includes stress and anxiety.