Working
Days Lost (Public
Sector)
Mr.
Lidington: To ask the Secretary of State for
Northern Ireland how many days were lost per staff year in each
(a) core department of the Northern Ireland administration and
(b) associated public body in (i) 2004-05 and (ii) 2005-06; what
the total number of days lost was in each case; and what the cost was
to
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each such (A) department and (B) public body in each year.
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Mr.
Hanson: For the purpose of answering this question, it has
been assumed that the information requested relates to the level of
sickness absence in each of the 11 Departments of the Northern Ireland
administration, the Northern Ireland Office, departmental executive
agencies and non-departmental public bodies
(NDPBs).
The table at
Annex A reflects both the position for 2004-05 in respect
non-industrial staff and industrial staff in NI Departments and their
executive agencies. It should be noted that there are differing methods
in place across Departments for recording industrial sickness absence
and information such as the average days lost per staff year is not
available in all cases. The information on sickness absence levels for
2005-06 is not yet available but will be published in September
2006.
Information
relating to all NDPBs is not available and could be obtained only at
disproportionate cost. However, where the information is available,
this is reflected in the tables at Annex
B.
| Annex
A: Absence information
2004-05 |
| Department/agency | Total
number of days
lost | Average
days lost per staff
year | Cost
(£) |
Department
of Agriculture and Rural Development
(DARD)-Overall | 40,273.3 | 11.5 | 3,033,434 |
Forest
service | 1,282.8 | 10.1 | 94,328 |
Rivers
agency | 2,520.2 | 14.5 | 214,731 |
DARD
industrial
staff | 12,635.0 | 20.6 | 707,468 |
Department
of Culture, Arts and Leisure
(DCAL)-Overall | 4,653.7 | 11.0 | 434,989 |
Public
Record Office of Northern Ireland
(PRONI) | 1,548.3 | 16.9 | 127,476 |
Ordnance
Survey of Northern Ireland
(OSNI) | 1,283.5 | 8.1 | 126,956 |
DCAL
industrial
staff | 392 | n/a | 14,780 |
Department
of Education
(DE) | 8,274.7 | 12.8 | 716,665 |
Department
for Employment and Learning
(DEL) | 24,610.1 | 14.7 | 1,760,015 |
Department
of Enterprise, Trade and Investment
(DETI) | 7,090.8 | 9.9 | 570,762 |
DETI
industrial
staff | 29 | n/a | 1,802 |
Department
of Finance and Personnel
(DFP)-Overall | 39,831.3 | 13.7 | 2,990,330 |
Business
Development Service
(BDS) | 3,814.7 | 17.3 | 291,929 |
Northern
Ireland Statistics and Research Agency
(NISRA) | 3,081.4 | 9.0 | 236,663 |
Valuation
and Lands Agency
(VLA) | 3,453.2 | 11.2 | 253,701 |
Land
Registers of Northern
Ireland | 3,971.2 | 17.9 | 238,229 |
Rate
Collection
Agency | 5,995.3 | 21.8 | 341,892 |
DFP
industrial
staff | 351 | n/a | 12,199 |
Department
of Health, Social Services and Public Safety
(DHSSPS)-Overall | 9,584.9 | 9.5 | 948,547 |
Health
Estates
Agency | 1,183.4 | 8.9 | 145,488 |
Department
of the Environment
(DOE)-Overall | 29,241.7 | 12.0 | 2,470,560 |
Planning
Service | 8,592.4 | 11.9 | 800,443 |
Environment
and Heritage
Service | 5,204.8 | 9.8 | 461,967 |
Driver
and Vehicle Licensing Northern Ireland
(DVLNI) | 8,373.3 | 17.3 | 576,398 |
Driver
Vehicle Testing Agency
(DVTA) | 5,068.0 | 10.5 | 418,805 |
DOE
Industrial
Staff | 1,125 | n/a | 52,525 |
Department
for Regional Development
(DRD)-Overall | 32,285.3 | 10.2 | 2,877,604 |
Roads
service | 15,143.4 | 9.6 | 1,238,456 |
Roads
service industrial
staff | 11,329 | n/a | 494,958 |
Water
service | 10,503.2 | 9.9 | 1,025,134 |
Water
service industrial
staff | 12,258.0 | 12.6 | 710,725 |
Department
for Social Development
(BSD)-Overall | 152,260.4 | 19.4 | 9,212,062 |
Child
Support Agency
(CSA) | 38,789 | 24.5 | 2,088,822 |
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Social
Security Agency
(SSA) | 103,481.0 | 18.5 | 6,358,803 |
Office
of the First Minister and Deputy First Minister
(OFMDFM) | 3,314.9 | 8.6 | 326,737 |
Northern
Ireland Office
(NIO) | 18,364.5 | 12.6 | 1,485,044 |
NI
Prison
Service | 33,272.0 | 15.9 | 3.76
million |
Notes:
1.
Staff from the parliamentary Commissioner for Complaints and the
Planning Appeals Commission are included in the DFP
figures.
2. Staff from
HSENI and OFREG are included in the DETI
figures.
3. The NIO
figures include staff in both the NICS and
HCS.
4. It is important
to remember that information should not be added together to give an
overall total as the information for the Agencies is also counted in
the information for the Department to which they
belong.
5. Note that
unless specifically stated staff are
non-industrial.
|
| Annex
B: Non-departmental public bodies
2004-05 |
| NDPB | Total
number of days
lost | Cost
(£) |
DARD | | |
AFBI(1) | 647 | 33,220 |
NIFHA(2) | 264 | 15,730 |
LMC(3) | 290 | 13,996 |
| | | |
DSD | | |
Housing
executive | 47,770 | 2,915,612 |
Laganside | 38 | 2,395 |
| | | |
DCAL | | |
Core
(industrial
staff) | 392 | 14,780 |
Arts
council | 322 | 31,972 |
Sports
council | 788 | 39,484 |
Fishery
conservancy
board | 416 | 13,383 |
National
Museums
NI | 4,984 | n/a |
NI
Museums
Council | 6 | 550 |
| | | |
DEL | | |
Labour
Relations
Agency | 924 | 91,082 |
Enterprise
Ulster | 2,077 | 103,133 |
USEL(4) | 213 | 21,480 |
CITB(5) | 581 | 53,169 |
| | | |
DETI | | |
Invest
NI | 6,553 | 538,469 |
NI
Tourist
Board | 1,522 | 124,804 |
General
Consumer
Council | 242 | 23,072 |
| | | |
DOE | | |
NILGOSC(6) | 599 | 31,716 |
LGSC(7) | 72 | 8,199 |
| | | |
DE | | |
Northern
Ireland Council for the curriculum, examinations and
assessment | 1,648 | 145,000 |
Youth
Council for Northern
Ireland | 33 | 4,500 |
Council
for Catholic maintained
schools | 651 | 67,000 |
Staff
commission for education and library
boards | 10 | n/a |
Belfast
education and library
board | 9,402 | n/a |
Southern
education and library
board | 8,129 | n/a |
North
Eastern education and library
board | 5,604 | n/a |
South
Eastern education and library
board | 4,612 | n/a |
Western
Education and library
board | 4,959 | n/a |
| 2005-06 |
| NDPB | Total
number of days
lost | Cost
(£) |
DARD | | |
AFBI(1) | 661 | 42,127 |
NIFHA(2) | 203 | 12,030 |
LMC(3) | 429 | 38,429 |
| | | |
DSD | | |
Housing
executive | 46,476 | 2,967,366 |
Laganside | 121 | 5,579 |
| | | |
DETI | | |
Invest
NI | 5,309 | 558,114 |
NI
Tourist Board | 2,233 | 183,106 |
General
Consumer
Council | 165 | 13,096 |
| | | |
DOE | | |
NILGOSC(6) | 326 | 24,468 |
LGSC(7) | 40 | 3,453 |
| | | |
DE | | |
Northern
Ireland Council for the curriculum, examinations and
assessment | 1,816 | 160,000 |
Youth
Council for Northern
Ireland | 98 | 14,000 |
Council
for Catholic maintained
schools | 840 | 86,000 |
Staff
commission for education and library
boards | 33 | n/a |
Belfast
education and library
board | 10,918 | n/a |
Southern
education and library
board | 6756 | n/a |
North
Eastern education and library
board | 4,971.5 | n/a |
South
Eastern education and library
board | 5,594 | n/a |
Western
education and library
board | 6,798.5 | n/a |
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n/a =
Information not readily
available.
(1)
AFBI—Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute (formerly Agricultural
Research Institute
NI).
(2)
NIFHA—Fishery Harbour Authority
(NI).
(3)
LMC—Livestock and Meat Commission for
NI.
(4)
USEL—Ulster Supported Employment
Ltd.
(5)
CITB—Construction Industry Training
Board
(6)
NILGOSC—Northern Ireland Local Government Officers'
Superannuation
Committee.
(7)
LGSC—Loc al Government Staff
Commission.
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