Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the average number of working days lost to sickness absence per full-time equivalent member of staff was in (a) the Department and (b) its executive agencies in the last year; and how many formal performance warnings were issued to staff whose absence exceeded departmental triggers.

The figures below are calculated as a rolling 12-month period up until 31st October 2025.

1. The Average Working Days Lost for the Department is currently 4.2.

2. The table below shows the average working days lost for the Department’s Executive Agencies

The total number of formal performance warnings issued to staff who exceeded departmental triggers for the Department for Transport and its Executive Agencies for the rolling 12-month period up until 31st October 2025 is 21.