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Written question asked by Kelvin Hopkins (Labour) on Tuesday, 5 July 2011, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 7 July 2011. It was answered by Tim Loughton (Conservative) on Tuesday, 12 July 2011 on behalf of the CAFCASS.

Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service: Sick Leave

Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Education what the average number of days taken off sick per employee of the Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service in England and Wales was in 2010.
Answer

This is an operational matter for which Cafcass is responsible. I have asked Cafcass's chief executive, Anthony Douglas, to write to the hon. Member with this information. A copy of his reply will be placed in the House Libraries.The Public Accounts Committee raised concerns about the level of sickness absence among Cafcass staff at its hearing on during its 2010 enquiry, Cafcass's ““Response to Increased Demand for its Services””. As a result, the Department's 2011-12 remit letter for Cafcass made clear our intention to monitor progress in reducing sickness absence.Letter from Anthony Douglas, dated 7 July 2011:"I am writing to you in response to the three Parliamentary Questions that you tabled recently: The responses apply to England only.""PQ65027 - To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the average number of days taken off sick per employee of the Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service in England and Wales was in 2010.""The average number of days taken off sick per employee was 11.4 days in the period 1 April 2010 to 31 March 2011.""PQ65028 - To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many persons employed by the Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service in England and Wales were classed as being on long-term sick leave in 2010.""The number of employees classed as being on long term sick was 242 during the period 1 April 2010 to 31 March 2011. Long term is classed as anyone being away from work for a period of 20 working days.""PQ 65029 - To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many (a) individual and (b) group grievances were taken out by staff employed by the Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service in England and Wales in 2010.""The number of formal grievances was 39 of which 2 were group formal grievances during the period 1 April 2010-31 March 2011."

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
65027; 531 c308-9W
Session
2010-12
Subjects
CAFCASS Sick leave
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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