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Home Office: Sick Leave

Asked by Neil O'BrienConservativeHome OfficeTabled Answered 5 January 2026UIN 97191

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the average number of working days lost to sickness absence per full-time equivalent member of staff was in (a) the Department and (b) its executive agencies in the last year; and how many formal

Answered by Sarah Jones

The current Average Working Days Lost (AWDL) is 8.12. Regarding the number of performance warnings issued to staff, this can only be obtained through disproportionate effort.

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