Written Question·Cabinet Office·UIN 54585

Government Departments: Sick Leave

Tabled: 22 May 2025
Answered: 3 June 2025

Question

Mr Peter Bedford

ConservativeMid Leicestershire

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.

Answer

Georgia Gould
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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