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Departmental Sick Leave

Justine Greening: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what estimate he has made of the average length of employment of staff of his Department at each Civil Service payband. [290580] [Official Report, 12 October 2009, Vol. 497, c. 313W.] Letter of correction from Ms Barbara Follett: An error has been identified in the written answer given to the hon. Member for Putney (Justine Greening) on 12 October 2009. I have notified the MP of the error. The error was the figures given in average years column within the table. The correct answer should have been: Barbara Follett: The Department for Communities and Local Government came into existence on 5 May 2006 replacing the former Office for the Deputy Prime Minister. The average (median) years in post, by grade level, for staff in Communities and Local Government as at end of March 2009 is set out in the following table: [Corrected table printed - click on Web Location to view]