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<p>The number of staff recorded on a leave of absence from work for mental health
reasons in each 12-month period of the last eight years is tabled below.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Sickness
absence in MOJ staff due to mental and behavioural disorders<sup>1</sup>, 12 months
to March 2013 to 12 months to 31 March 2018</strong></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Date:
</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total working days<sup>2</sup> lost due to mental
& behavioural disorders</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>12 months to 31 March
2011<sup>3</sup></p></td><td><p>Not available</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>12 months to
31 March 2012<sup>3</sup></p></td><td><p>Not available</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>12
months to 31 March 2013</p></td><td><p>41,090</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>12 months to
31 March 2014</p></td><td><p>47,928</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>12 months to 31 March
2015</p></td><td><p>43,538</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>12 months to 31 March 2016</p></td><td><p>41,659</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>12
months to 31 March 2017<sup>4</sup></p></td><td><p>36,623</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>12
months to 31 March 2018</p></td><td><p>38,430</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Includes
stress related absences.</p><ol><li>Working days lost are calculated by taking the
number of working days only between the start and the end of the sick leave within
the 12-month period stated. Additional adjustments are made to take account of annual
leave and bank holidays.</li><li>Data between 01/04/2010 to 31/03/2012 is not available
as file types are no longer supported. So far, no technical solution found. Manual
sickness records for MoJ are not held beyond this point.</li><li>Between January and
March 2017, during migration of data to the Single Operating Platform, an under-recording
of sickness absence records occurred. There is therefore likely to be an undercount
of working days lost for the 12 months to 31 March 2017 and subsequent under-estimate
of average working days lost.</li></ol><p> </p><p>This data includes staff employed
by the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) Headquarters, HM Courts and Tribunals Service, HM
Prison and Probation Service, Legal Aid Agency, Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority
and Office of the Public Guardian. Individuals are included if they were absent for
any part of the month. Where an absence straddles more than one month, it is included
in each.</p><p>The MoJ is committed to supporting the health and wellbeing of all
of its employees and to reducing sickness absence levels. The department’s wellbeing
strategy is designed specifically to reflect the primary causes of sickness absence
including mental health, and highlights support available to both employees and managers.</p><p>To
support the strategy, Directors General in HMPPS and HMCTS were appointed as senior
advocates for attendance management and wellbeing in MoJ. In addition, an MoJ Mental
Health Allies Network has been initiated to offer support and signposting to staff
on mental health issues.</p>
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