House of Commons Hansard Debates for 25 Jan 1995

Written Answers to Questions

Wednesday 25 January 1995

NATIONAL HERITAGE

Absenteeism

Mr. Chidgey: To ask the Secretary of State for National Heritage what was the absenteeism rate for (a) his Department, (b) the Historic Royal Palaces agency and (c) the Royal Parks agency in each year since 1991.

Mr. Dorrell: The absenteeism--sick absence--rate for the Department of National Heritage since it was created in April 1992, is shown below. The information for the two executive agencies, Historic Royal Palaces and Royal Parks, is not held centrally and is unavailable in the format requested. When the information is provided we will write to the hon. Member and arrange for copies of the letter to be placed in the Library of the House.


             |Number of   |Total number             

             |days absent |of staff                 

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1992         |280         |207                      

1993         |516         |301                      

1994         |459         |362

Departmental Staff

Mrs. Maddock: To ask the Secretary of State for National Heritage how many employees for which his Department is responsible were women (a) in 1991, (b) in 1992, (c) in 1993 and (d) in 1994; and of these, how many were (i) at grade 7 level, (ii) at grade 3 level, (iii) at executive officer level, (iv) at administrative officer level and (v) at administrative assistant level.

Mr. Dorrell: The information requested is as follows. The Department of National Heritage was created on 13 April 1992 and the Royal Parks agency on 1 April 1993. While Historic Royal Palaces has been an executive agency since 2 October 1989, a breakdown of staffing figures in the format requested is not available for 1991.