11 Ministry of Defence false Biography information for Tom Brake 1 Ministry of Defence: Sick Leave Tom Brake 2019-05-14 2019-05-20T13:09:22.567Z Bournemouth East Mr Tobias Ellwood false 2019-05-20 Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood <p>The Ministry of Defence’s (MOD) Civilian Sickness Absence data has been published on the GOV.UK website since January 2016 and the latest available edition can be found at the following link:</p><p> </p><p>https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/mod-civilian-sickness-absence-financial-year-201718.</p><p> </p><p>Data relating to the 12 month period to 31 March 2019 is due to be published on 13 June 2019.</p><p> </p><p>The MOD takes the health and wellbeing of its personnel very seriously. The Department’s Health and Wellbeing Strategy for all MOD employees, military and civilian, is designed to provide guidance to the chain of command and civilian line managers on how to manage the health needs, both mental and physical, of their people. The aim is to maximise the number of people fit to work, managing people back to work after a period of sickness, so that they are fit and able to meet the requirements of Defence outputs, including operational effectiveness. In 2017, the Department also launched its Defence People Mental Health and Wellbeing Strategy 2017–2022 with a four-step plan of implementation; promotion, prevention, detection and treatment.</p><p> </p><p>All civilian staff can access the Department’s Employee Wellbeing Service which offers emotional support and advice on life events as well as counselling services. In addition, the Speak Safe helpline provides a safe space to discuss issues relating to bullying, harassment and discrimination. The Department also has over 2,000 civilian and military Mental Health First Aiders, each of whom has completed a two-day course delivered in accordance with the requirements of Mental Health First Aid England (or equivalent).</p><p> </p><p>The MOD offers a range of flexibilities to enable a better work-life balance for civilian employees. The department recognises that by enabling employees to create a good work-life balance it benefits by attracting and retaining high calibre staff.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> Defence To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many and what proportion of officials in her Department office took sick leave for reasons relating to stress in the last 12 months; what proportion that leave was of total sick leave taken in her Department; and what the cost was to her Department of officials taking sick leave over that period. 254081 House of Commons Defence Carshalton and Wallington false 2018-09-11 Ministry of Defence: Sick Leave To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate he has made of the number of days of sick leave taken by staff in his Department for mental health reasons in each year since 2010. Ministry of Defence 1 Defence 2018-09-19T14:48:29.773Z Bournemouth East Mr Tobias Ellwood false 2018-09-19 <p>The requested information is provided in the table below:</p><p> </p><p><strong>Ministry of Defence (MOD) Civilian Personnel, number of working days (Full Time Equivalent) lost to Mental and Behavioural Disorders (International Classification of Diseases (ICD), version 10, PSD)</strong></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Financial Year (FY)</p></td><td><p>Number of days of <br> Sickness due to <br> Absence code <br> ICD10 PSD</p></td><td><p>Total number of days lost to sickness absence (all reasons)</p></td><td><p>Proportion of Civilian<br> Personnel who had an <br> Absence code<br> ICD10 PSD</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2007-08</p></td><td><p>126,180</p></td><td><p>648,440</p></td><td><p>19.5%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2008-09</p></td><td><p>108,260</p></td><td><p>596,100</p></td><td><p>18.2%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009-10</p></td><td><p>102,390</p></td><td><p>591,740</p></td><td><p>17.3%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010-11</p></td><td><p>99,570</p></td><td><p>553,810</p></td><td><p>18.0%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011-12</p></td><td><p>98,350</p></td><td><p>512,350</p></td><td><p>19.2%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>81,280</p></td><td><p>439,010</p></td><td><p>18.5%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>84,030</p></td><td><p>406,390</p></td><td><p>20.7%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014-15</p></td><td><p>87,070</p></td><td><p>403,500</p></td><td><p>21.6%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015-16</p></td><td><p>78,770</p></td><td><p>361,480</p></td><td><p>21.8%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016-17</p></td><td><p>74,420</p></td><td><p>356,620</p></td><td><p>20.9%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><strong>Notes</strong>: The International Classification of Diseases (ICD) (version 10) uses the ICD code PSD Mental and Behavioural Disorders to register medical conditions of stress. This code also covers other conditions within this category.</p><p>Figures exclude the Royal Fleet Auxiliary and Locally Employed Civilians for whom no data is available.</p><p>The reduction in sick absence in FY 2012-13 is due to MOD personnel leaving the Department through a voluntary early release scheme.</p><p> </p><p>Civilian Sickness Absence data has been published on the GOV.UK website since January 2016 and the latest available edition can be found at the following link: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/mod-civilian-sickness-absence-financial-year-201617" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/mod-civilian-sickness-absence-financial-year-201617</a>.</p><p> </p><p>The Ministry of Defence (MOD) takes the health and wellbeing of its personnel very seriously. The Department’s Health and Wellbeing Strategy for all MOD employees, military and civilian, is designed to provide guidance to the Chain of Command and civilian line managers on how to manage the health needs, both mental and physical, of their people. The aim is to maximise the number of people fit to work, managing people back to work after a period of sickness, so that they are fit and able to meet the requirements of Defence outputs, including operational effectiveness. In 2017, the Department also launched its Defence People Mental Health and Wellbeing Strategy 2017 – 2022 with a four-step plan of implementation; promotion, prevention, detection and treatment.</p><p> </p><p>All civilian staff can access the Department’s Employee Wellbeing Service which offers emotional support and advice on life events as well as counselling services. In addition, the Speak Safe helpline provides a safe space to discuss issues relating to bullying, harassment and discrimination. The Department also has over 2000 civilian and military Mental Health First Aiders, each of whom has completed a two-day course delivered in accordance with the requirements of Mental Health First Aid England (or equivalent).</p><p> </p> 173647 Ellesmere Port and Neston Biography information for Justin Madders Justin Madders 11 Defence 2018-05-01T15:12:20.893Z Bournemouth East Mr Tobias Ellwood false 2018-05-01 <p>The requested information is provided in the table below:</p><p> </p><p><strong>Ministry of Defence Civilian Personnel, number of working days lost to Mental and Behavioural Disorders (International Classification of Diseases (ICD), version 10, PSD)</strong></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Calendar Year</p></td><td><p>Number of Civilian Personnel who had <br> an Absence code <br> ICD10 PSD</p></td><td><p>Proportion of Civilian<br> Personnel who had an <br> Absence code<br> ICD10 PSD</p></td><td><p>Number of days of <br> Sickness due to <br> Absence code <br> ICD10 PSD</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>2,800</p></td><td><p>5.60%</p></td><td><p>80,733</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>2,610</p></td><td><p>5.27%</p></td><td><p>84,400</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>2,725</p></td><td><p>5.42%</p></td><td><p>82,223</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><strong>Notes</strong>: The International Classification of Diseases (ICD) (version 10) uses the ICD code PSD Mental and Behavioural Disorders to register medical conditions of stress. This code also covers other conditions within this category.</p><p> </p><p>Figures exclude the Royal Fleet Auxiliary and Locally Employed Civilians for whom no data is available.</p><p>Civilian Sickness Absence data has been published on the GOV.UK website since January 2016 and the latest available edition can be found at the following link: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/mod-civilian-sickness-absence-financial-year-201617" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/mod-civilian-sickness-absence-financial-year-201617</a>. The next edition will be published on Thursday 31 May 2018.</p><p> </p><p>The Ministry of Defence (MOD) takes the health and wellbeing of its personnel very seriously. A Health and Wellbeing Strategy for all MOD employees, military and civilian, was published in mid-2015 and is designed to provide guidance to the Chain of Command and civilian line managers on how to manage the health needs, both mental and physical, of their people. The aim is to maximise the number of people fit to work, managing people back to work after a period of sickness, so that they are fit and able to meet the requirements of Defence outputs, including operational effectiveness.</p><p> </p><p>The Department has also launched a Mental Wellbeing Toolkit which is aimed at all civilian staff and their civilian and military line managers. The toolkit is designed to help staff spot warning signs that someone may be experiencing difficulties and know where additional advice and support can be found. In addition, the Department has a number of civilian Mental Health First Aiders, each of whom has completed a two-day course delivered in accordance with the requirements of Mental Health First Aid England (or regional equivalent).</p><p> </p> Liverpool, Wavertree Defence 138430 To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many and what proportion of his Department's staff have had days off sick because of mental illness or stress in each of the last three years; and how many days off that amounted to in each of those years. false Ministry of Defence: Sick Leave 11 Luciana Berger Ministry of Defence Biography information for Luciana Berger 1 2018-04-26 Defence 3 1 0 10