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Departmental Sick Pay

Angus Robertson: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the cost of sickness pay to staff within her Department was in the most recent year for which figures are available. [187519]

Mr. Byrne: Table 1 as follows details the estimated direct salary cost to the Department of sickness absences in the period 1 April 2007 to 31 March 2008, where periods of absence began in that financial year. The figures relate to staff in the core Department, United Kingdom Border Agency, Identity and Passport Service and Criminal Records Bureau. The figures encapsulate employee salary costs, employer pension contributions and employer national insurance contributions.

Table 1: Calculated direct salary costs of sick absence in Home Office and agencies for 2007-08
Extrapolated from total annual gross salary costs
	Number	Total estimated gross salary cost (£)
Days Absence for 2007-08	338,713	25,142,084.23

Departmental Training

Mr. Philip Hammond: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many staff in her Department and its agencies have attended the (a) Influencing with Integrity, (b) Emotional Intelligence, (c) Counselling Skills for the Workplace, (d) Managing your Confidence, (e) Balancing Work/Life Realities and (f) Working Assertively training course run by the National School of Government in the last 12 months for which information is available; and at what cost. [197064]

Mr. Byrne: Figures for course attendance and cost in the courses specified are provided in the following table.

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Number of staff attending each course in 2007-08 and the amount charged by the National School of Government
	Course code
	AAW		AWLB		CONF		COUN		IIS		PEP3
Main Departments and agencies	No.	Charged (£)	No.	Charged (£)	No.	Charged (£)	No.	Charged (£)	No.	Charged (£)	No.	Charged (£)
Cabinet Office	2	1,452.00	—	—	2	2,129.00	—	—	9	6,534.00	1	1,495.00
Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform	1	726.00	—	—	—	—	—	—	4	2,904.00	1	1,495.00
Department for Children, Schools and Families	2	1,452.00	—	—	—	—	1	1,115.00	—	—	—	—
Department for Communities and Local Government	5	3,630.00	2	2,160.00	1	1,149.00	—	—	8	5,808.00	—	—
Department for Culture, Media and Sport	1	726.00	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs	3	2,178.00	—	—	1	1,149.00	—	—	5	3,630.00	—	—
Animal Health	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	726.00	—	—
Veterinary Medicines Directorate	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	726.00	—	—
Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills	2	1,452.00	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	726.00	—	—
UK Intellectual Property Office	—	—	—	—	1	1,149.00	—	—	—	—	—	—
Department for International Development	1	726.00	—	—	1	1,149.00	—	—	9	6,534.00	1	1,495.00
Department for Transport	1	726.00	—	—	1	1,149.00	—	—	3	2,178.00	—	—
Driving Standards Agency	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	726.00	—	—
Highways Agency	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	1,495.00
Vehicle and Operator Services Agency	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	1,495.00
Department for Work and Pensions	5	3,630.00	—	—	2	2,298.00	—	—	10	7,260.00	1	1,495.00
Department of Health	5	3,630.00	1	1,080.00	2	2,298.00	—	—	3	2,178.00	—	—
Foreign and Commonwealth Office	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
UK Visas United (Joint FCO/Home Office Directorate)	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	726.00	—	—
HM Revenue and Customs	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	4	2,904.00	2	2,990.00
HM Treasury	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	3	2,178.00	—	—
Office for National Statistics	1	726.00	—	—	—	—	—	—	2	1,452.00	—	—
Home Office	3	2,178.00	2	2,160.00	4	4,427.00	2	2,230.00	7	5,082.00	1	1,495.00
Ministry of Defence	1	726.00	—	—	6	6,725.00	1	1,115.00	7	5,082.00	3	4,485.00
Ministry of Justice	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
HM Courts Service	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	726.00	—	—
HM Prison Service	1	726.00	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Land Registry	2	1,452.00	—	—	2	2,129.00	1	1,115.00	8	5,808.00	—	—
Tribunals Service	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	1,495.00
Northern Ireland Office	—	—	—	—	1	1,149.00	—	—	1	726.00	—	—
Other Government Departments/ bodies
Food Standards Agency	1	726.00	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	726.00	—	—
Forestry Commission	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2	2,990.00
Government Communications Headquarters	—	—	—	—	2	2,298.00	—	—	—	—	—	—
Government Office for the North West	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	726.00	—	—
Her Majesty’s Government Communication Centre	—	—	—	—	—	—	2	2,230.00	—	—	—	—
National School of Government	1	0.00	1	0.00	1	0.00	—	—	—	—	—	—
Office for Standards in Education, Children’s Services and Skills	1	726.00	—	—	1	980.00	—	—	—	—	—	—
Office of Climate Change	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	726.00	—	—
Office of Rail Regulation	3	2,178.00	—	—	—	—	—	—	3	2,178.00	—	—
Postal Services Commission (Postcomm)	1	726.00	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
UK Trade and Investment	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	726.00	—	—
Devolved Administrations
Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	726.00	—	—
Fisheries Research Services Marine Laboratory	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	726.00	—	—
Northern Ireland Court Service	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2	1,452.00	—	—
Registers of Scotland	—	—	—	—	1	1,149.00	—	—	—	—	—	—
Scottish Environment Protection Agency	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2	1,452.00	—	—
Scottish Executive	1	726.00	—	—	2	1,960.00	—	—	17	4,356.00	—	—
Scottish Public Pensions Agency	—	—	—	—	1	980.00	—	—	—	—	—	—
The Scottish Parliament	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	726.00	—	—
Welsh Assembly Government	—	—	—	—	3	3,278.00	—	—	—	—	—	—
Non-departmental public bodies
Health and Safety Executive	—	—	2	2,160.00	1	1,149.00	—	—	2	1,452.00	—	—
Office of the Legal Services Complaints Commissioner	—	—	—	—	1	1,149.00	—	—	—	—	—	—
Serious Organised Crime Agency	1	726.00	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Youth Justice Board for England and Wales	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2	1,452.00	—	—
Grand total	45	31,944.00	8	7,560.00	37	39,843.00	7	7,805.00	124	82,038.00	15	22,425.00
Key: (f) Working Assertively—AAW (e) Balancing Work/Life Realities—AWLB (d) Managing your Confidence—CONF (c) Counselling Skills for the Workplace—COUN (a) Influencing with Integrity—IIS (b) Emotional Intelligence—PEP3

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