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<p>The number of employees in Cabinet Office from 1 April 2018 to 31 March 2019 who
were<br>absent for stress related reasons was 48. This represented 0.64% of the total
workforce</p><p>The proportion of sickness absence related to stress related reasons
was 11.35% of the<br>overall sickness absence for the department for the same time
period</p><p>The estimated cost to the department from 1 April 2018 to 31 March 2019
for employees<br>taking stress related reasons, is estimated at £199,634</p><p>Cabinet
Office sickness absence data is published regularly, and is available up to<br>December
2018 here: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/cabinet-office-absence-<br>data</p><p>
</p><p>The Cabinet Office wellbeing action plan enables support for all staff’s health
and<br>wellbeing. Key initiatives include: running leadership wellbeing training for
all Senior Civil<br>Servants, updating line manager training to ensure wellbeing is
included in all<br>conversations, embedding wellbeing into the Senior Civil Service
leadership objective and<br>including wellbeing in performance management monthly
conversation tools</p><p>There are a number of support services available in Cabinet
Office that provide support or<br>advice to all employees. These include the Cabinet
Office alumni network, the Cabinet<br>Office listening service and the employee assistance
programme.</p>
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