A question on #GovernmentDepartments #SickLeave tabled by Mr Peter Bedford on 22-05-2025 has been answered by Georgia Gould.

Heading: Government Departments: Sick Leave
Question ID: 1805843
UIN: 54585
House: Commons
Date tabled: 2025-05-22
Asking Member ID: 5330
Asking Member display name: Mr Peter Bedford
Asking Member handle: peterabedford
Asking Member Twitter reference: @peterabedford
Member interest: false
Question text: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the average number of sick days was per employee in each Government department in (a) 2022-23, (b) 2023-24 and (c) 2024-25.
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Date answered: 2025-06-03
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Is holding answer: false
Is correcting answer: false
Answering Member ID: 5305
Answering Member display name: Georgia Gould
Answering Member handle: georgia_gould
Answering Member Twitter reference: @georgia_gould
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Answer text: The Cabinet Office publishes sickness absence data for the Civil Service on an annual basis on gov.uk. We do not report the average number of sick days per employee. Our preferred measure is Average Working Days Lost (AWDL) per staff year which accounts f...
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Answering body ID: 53
Answering body name: Cabinet Office
Tweeted: true