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Departmental Sick Leave

Norman Lamb: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many staff in his Department were on sick leave for (a) over 30 days, (b) over 50 days and (c) over 100 days in each of the last five years. [256338]

Jonathan Shaw: The information is contained in the following table. The data reflect information currently held on the Department's personnel computer system.

Over 30 days Over 50 days Over 100 days

Staff Percentage of staff Staff Percentage of staff Staff Percentage of staff

2008

3,300

2.55

3,762

2.91

3,732

2.89

2007

3,815

2.84

4,570

3.41

4,754

3.54

2006

3,966

2.75

4,812

3.34

4,993

3.46

2005

4,080

2.68

5,145

3.38

5,545

3.64

2004

5,390

3.32

6,216

3.83

6,445

3.97


Norman Lamb: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many staff in his Department were recorded as having been on sick leave for over 12 months on 31 December in each of the last five years. [256624]

Jonathan Shaw: The information is contained in the following table. The data reflect information currently held on the Department's personnel computer system.

Number of employees absent for more than 12 months on 31 December

Staff Percentage of all staff employed

2008

85

0.07

2007

209

0.16

2006

139

0.10

2005

142

0.09

2004

284

0.17


Disadvantaged: Finance

Justine Greening: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how much funding was allocated by his Department under the deprived areas fund to each local authority in (a) 2006-07 and (b) 2007-08. [254452]


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Mr. McNulty [holding answer 5 February 2009]: No funding was allocated by DWP to local authorities in 2006-07 or 2007-08 under the deprived areas fund.

In 2006-07 the deprived areas fund was allocated direct to district managers in Jobcentre Plus.

In 2007-08 the deprived areas fund was allocated directly to district managers in Jobcentre Plus and to 15 city strategy pathfinders. However, some pathfinders elected to receive their deprived areas fund via a nominated local authority acting as their lead accountable body. Allocations are shown in the tables.


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Jobcentre Plus district 2006-07 Jobcentre Plus districts 2007-08, Jobcentre Plus districts (non-cities) 2007-08 City strategy areas by district

Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire

98,877

313,000

0

Essex

71,305

226,000

0

Norfolk

69,404

222,000

0

Cambridgeshire and Suffolk

58,946

189,000

0

Derbyshire

173,034

537,000

0

Leicestershire and Northamptonshire

292,828

79,576

816,424

Lincolnshire and Rutland

91,271

287,000

0

Nottinghamshire

402,163

186,998

1,046,002

West London

373,640

0

1,143,000

Central London

438,291

1,349,000

0

City and East London

1,463,187

21,218

4,461,782

Lambeth, Southwark and Wandsworth

905,103

2,780,000

0

North and North East London

934,576

2,034,549

828,451

South London

598,965

1,405,983

428,017

Northumbria

533,365

0

1,633,000

South Tyne and Wear Valley

810,030

527,309

1,953,691

Tees Valley

518,153

1,596,000

0

Cheshire and Warrington

59,897

193,000

0

Cumbria

134,054

418,000

0

Greater Mersey

574,246

0

1,759,000

Liverpool and Wirral

791,966

0

2,427,000

Lancashire

509,596

1,167,223

392,777

Greater Manchester Central

803,374

0

2,459,000

Greater Manchester East and West

422,128

0

1,293,000

Ayrshire, Dumfries, Galloway and Inverclyde

436,389

1,344,000

0

Edinburgh, Lothian and Borders

160,675

97,897

394,103

Forth Valley, Fife and Tayside

405,966

793,303

448,697

Glasgow

946,936

0

2,898,000

Highlands, Islands and Clyde Coast and Grampian

365,084

1,125,000

0

Lanarkshire and East Dunbartonshire

442,094

1,361,000

0

Berks, Bucks and Oxfordshire

47,537

26,000

0

Hampshire

47,537

110,000

0

Kent

89,369

280,000

0

Surrey and Sussex

86,517

274,000

0

Devon and Cornwall

83,665

265,000

0

Dorset and Somerset

47,537

89,000

0

Gloucestershire, Wiltshire and Swindon

47,537

128,000

0

West of England

96,025

301,000

0

South Wales Valleys

922,217

1,233,587

1,588,413

North and Mid Wales

186,345

492,035

79,965

South East Wales

290,926

789,746

101,254

South West Wales

486,778

1,491,000

0

Birmingham and Solihull

821,438

0

2,515,00C

Coventry and Warwickshire

90,320

0

277,00C

Staffordshire

81,764

257,000

C

The Black Country

463,961

0

1,419.00C

The Marches

0

0

63,00C

North East Yorkshire and The Humber

301,384

932,000

0

South Yorkshire

538,118

0

1,647,000

West Yorkshire

685,483

2,105,000

0

Totals

19,300,000

27,027,424

32,072,576

Source:
DWP Areas Initiatives and Communities Division

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