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	registered interest
	date	14/05/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Ministry of Justice: Sick Leave
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, 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	254067
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/05/2019 answer text <p>The total number of staff<strong><em><sup>1</sup></em></strong> working days lost due to sickness<sup>2</sup>, and more specifically stress, between April 2018 and March 2019 is as follows</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>Total Number of staff</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Working Days Lost</strong><strong><sup>3</sup></strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total Staff (FTE) - average over 12 months</strong></p></td><td><p>69,783</p></td><td><p>N/A.</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>All Sickness (Headcount)</strong></p></td><td><p>38,989</p></td><td><p>600,051</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Of which Stress (Headcount)</strong></p></td><td><p>2,764</p></td><td><p>83,918</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Stress as % of total staff</strong></p></td><td><p>4%</p></td><td><p>N/A.</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Stress as % of all sickness</strong></p></td><td><p>7%</p></td><td><p>14%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><em>Notes</em></p><p><strong><em><sup>1 </sup></em></strong><em>This analysis covers MoJ and the Executive Agencies (including HMPPS and HMCTS).</em></p><p><strong><em><sup>2 </sup></em></strong><em>Absences are categorised according to International Classification of Diseases, which is an approach used across the civil service.</em></p><p><strong><em><sup>3</sup></em></strong><em>The cost to the Department is reflected in the total number of working days lost.</em></p><p> </p><p>The MoJ is committed to supporting the health and wellbeing of all its employees, and to reducing sickness absence levels including those which are stress-related. Staff can seek advice and support from our comprehensive occupational health service and employee assistance programme which offers 24/7 help.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 22/05/2019 16:38:48 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
	tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

1544806

	registered interest
	date	23/11/2022
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Ministry of Justice: Sick Leave
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many staff in his Department took time off work due to (a) poor mental health, (b) stress and (c) anxiety in the period between (i) September 2019 and September 2020, (ii) September 2020 and September 2021 and (iii) September 2021 and September 2022.
	tabling member constituency	Croydon North
	tabling member printed	Steve Reed
	uin	94762
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/11/2022 answer text <p><strong>Number of Ministry of Justice and executive agency payroll staff<sup>1</sup> who recorded sick leave for 'Mental Health' reasons<sup>2</sup> - for the 12 months to September 2020, 2021 and 2022</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>2020</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2021</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2022<sup> (P)</sup></strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Anxiety and Depression</strong></p></td><td><p>2,972</p></td><td><p>3,331</p></td><td><p>3,851</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Stress</strong></p></td><td><p>2,869</p></td><td><p>3,216</p></td><td><p>3,951</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Mental Health - Other</strong></p></td><td><p>930</p></td><td><p>1,289</p></td><td><p>1,840</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><strong>Notes</strong></p><ol><li>Data covers employees in His Majesty’s Prison and Probation Service, His Majesty’s Courts and Tribunal Service, Legal Aid Agency, Office of the Public Guardian, Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority and Ministry of Justice Head Quarters.</li><li>Each member of staff is recorded once per sick reason - even if they took more than one period of absence for the selected reason. A person may appear in more than one sick reason category.</li><li>Absences are categorised according to International Classification of Diseases, which is an approach used across the civil service.</li><li>MoJ and executive agency payroll staff headcount for 30 September 2020, 2021 and 2022</li></ol><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Sep-20</strong></p></td><td><p>77,383</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Sep-21</strong></p></td><td><p>87,233</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Sep-22</strong></p></td><td><p>88,713</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>(p) Figures relating to current financial year are provisional and may be subject to change.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 30/11/2022 15:32:19 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
	tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed

1547009

	registered interest
	date	30/11/2022
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Ministry of Justice: Sick Leave
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many staff in his Department's Headquarters took time off work due to (a) poor mental health, (b) stress and (c) anxiety in the period between (i) March 2019 and March 2020, (ii) March 2020 and March 2021 and (iii) March 2021 and March 2022.
	tabling member constituency	Croydon North
	tabling member printed	Steve Reed
	uin	99862
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/12/2022 answer text <p><strong>Number of Ministry of Justice HQ payroll staff<sup>1</sup> who recorded sick leave for 'Mental Health' sick reasons<sup>2</sup> - for 12 months to March 2020, 2021 and 2022</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>March 2019 – March 2020</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2020 Percentage of Workforce</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>March 2020 – March 2021</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2021 Percentage of Workforce</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>March 2021 – March 2022</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2022 </strong> <strong>Percentage of Workforce</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Anxiety and Depression</strong></p></td><td><p>93</p></td><td><p>2%</p></td><td><p>84</p></td><td><p>1.5%</p></td><td><p>126</p></td><td><p>2.7%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Stress</strong></p></td><td><p>81</p></td><td><p>1.7%</p></td><td><p>60</p></td><td><p>1.1%</p></td><td><p>101</p></td><td><p>1.6%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Mental Health - Other</strong></p></td><td><p>21</p></td><td><p>0.5%</p></td><td><p>31</p></td><td><p>0.5%</p></td><td><p>40</p></td><td><p>0.6%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong>Notes and caveats:</strong></p><ol><li>Each member of staff is only recorded once per sick reason - even if they took more than one period of absence for the selected reason. A person may appear in more than one sick reason category.</li><li>Absences are categorised according to International Classification of Diseases, which is an approach used across the civil service.</li><li>MoJ transitioned to a new reporting system at the end of 2016 and the first part of 2017. Sickness categories were not exactly mapped across which is why the 2017 distributions appear different to 2018 and 2019.</li><li>Data covers employees in Ministry of Justice Head Quarters, which includes the following ALBs (Arms Length Bodies):</li></ol><ul><li>DIV - HMI Prisons</li><li>DIV - HMI Probation</li><li>DIV - IMB Secretariat</li><li>DIV - Judicial Appointments and Conduct Ombudsman</li><li>DIV - Judicial Offices</li><li>DIV - Official Solicitor and Public Trustee</li><li>DIV - Prisons &amp; Probation Ombudsman</li><li>DIV - Sentencing Council</li><li>DIV - The Law Commission</li><li>DIV - UK National Preventive Mechanism</li><li>DIV - Victims Commissioner</li></ul><ol start="5"><li>MoJ HQ payroll staff headcount for 31st March 2020, 2021 and 2022</li></ol><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Mar-20</strong></p></td><td><p>4,641</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Mar-21</strong></p></td><td><p>5,469</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Mar-22</strong></p></td><td><p>6,221</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Finchley and Golders Green answering member printed Mike Freer question first answered 06/12/2022 17:39:55 answering member 4004 label Biography information for Mike Freer
	tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed