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<p>The number of days that are lost through sickness absence for the Student Loans
Company (SLC) and the Department for Education are set out in the attached document.</p><p>
</p><p>The data for the financial year 2017/18, in the attached table, shows that
the number of days lost from April to October has reduced by 26% from 2016/17. This
decrease can be contributed to the introduction of a new Attendance Management Policy
from August 2017 which has seen the days lost each month reduce by over 30%.</p><p>
</p><p>Even with seasonal variation in sickness levels, we would expect the reduction
in days lost to still remain at 26% due to the continued attention paid to sickness
absence within SLC. If this reduction was maintained until the end of the 2017/18
financial year we would see the average number of days lost per employee reduce to
less than 12 days.</p><p> </p><p>The Office for National Statistics holds data on
sickness absences for the average UK worker, which is available on their website.</p>
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