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date	14/05/2019
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Department for International Development: Sick Leave
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many and what proportion of officials in his Department took sick leave for reasons relating to stress in the last 12 months; what proportion that leave was of total sick leave taken in his Department; and what the cost was to his Department of officials taking sick leave over that period.
tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
tabling member printed	Tom Brake
uin	254069
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/05/2019 answer text <p>106 DFID employees were absent due to stress, anxiety and/or depression during the period 1 May 2018 to 30 April 2019. This represented 3.6% of DFID’s workforce and 21% of the overall sickness absence for the department during this period. The estimated cost to DFID due to sickness absence during the period 1 May 2018 to 30 April 2019 was £217,350.</p><p> </p><p>DFID is committed to the health and wellbeing of all our staff, including helping them to manage stress in the workplace. DFID offers a range of guidance and services in place to support staff, including our Employee Assistance Programme (EAP), which offers telephone and face to face counselling for all staff. This service also provides a wide range of online information and advice on work/life issues. DFID’s HR teams and Occupational Health Services provide support and advice for staff and managers to ensure a successful return to work after a period of mental ill health. DFID also has a Listening Network, an informal peer staff network, to complement the help already available.</p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin question first answered 21/05/2019 14:55:41 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

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date	11/09/2018
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Department for International Development: Sick Leave
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what estimate she has made of the number of days of sick leave taken by staff in her Department for mental health reasons in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
tabling member printed	Justin Madders
uin	173658
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/09/2018 answer text <p>The table below confirms the number of days recorded as sickness absence in DFID relating to mental health from 2014 to 2017.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Days Lost</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>1639</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>1676</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>1744</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>1963</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p>Information prior to 2014 would only be available at disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p>DFID is committed to reducing sickness absence and we have policies in place to ensure that employees have the right care and support to help prevent mental illness and support employees who are affected, for example our Employee Assistance Programme.</p><p> </p><p>DFID have had awareness campaigns, sharing personal stories and having an SCS champion for health and disability, which has helped change the culture and mind-sets across the department.</p><p> </p><p>Civil Service sickness absence data includes absence relating to mental health disorders, but not specifically to stress.</p><p> </p><p>Mental health disorders include stress, but also a range of other disorders such as anxiety, depression and long term mental illness.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 17/09/2018 16:28:34 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders