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Date: 7 February 2008
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Sickness absence statistics, Defra
Please see key below for terms used.
Departmental Analysis 2006-07
Dept |
AWDL |
Total days lost |
% lost to long term |
Defra, AH, GDS , MFA |
7.5 |
48,026 |
46% |
CEFAS |
6.5 |
3,419 |
50% |
CSL |
6.6 |
4,520 |
29% |
PSD |
8.6 |
1,639 |
52% |
RPA |
6.9 |
21,632 |
29% |
VLA |
9.5 |
11,869 |
34% |
VMD |
10.9 |
1,466 |
46% |
Defra + Agencies total |
7.5 |
92,571 |
40% |
|
Proportion of total days lost to |
|||
Unknown |
Mental Disorders |
Musculo- skeletal |
Resp. system |
|
Defra, AH, GDS , MFA |
13% |
21% |
8% |
18% |
CEFAS |
27% |
12% |
11% |
19% |
CSL |
18% |
13% |
5% |
17% |
PSD |
9% |
23% |
13% |
18% |
RPA |
9% |
0% |
12% |
55% |
VLA |
17% |
18% |
8% |
22% |
VMD |
11% |
6% |
2% |
23% |
Dept |
No of Staff |
Staff Years |
Total days lost |
AWDL per Staff Year |
Confidence limits |
Weighted AWDL per Staff Year |
AWDL per person |
Defra* |
8,206 |
6378.4 |
48,026 |
7.5 |
7.0 – 8.0 |
7.8 |
5.9 |
CSL |
1,020 |
689.1 |
4,520 |
6.6 |
5.2 – 7.9 |
7.8 |
4.4 |
CEFAS |
618 |
526.4 |
3,419 |
6.5 |
5.1 – 7.9 |
7.6 |
5.5 |
PSD |
215 |
189.9 |
1,639 |
8.6 |
4.9 – 12.4 |
9.9 |
7.6 |
RPA |
4,349 |
3118.9 |
21,632 |
6.9 |
6.4 – 7.5 |
7.0 |
5.0 |
VLA |
1,483 |
1255.9 |
11,869 |
9.5 |
8.3 – 10.6 |
9.4 |
8.0 |
VMD |
150 |
134.9 |
1,466 |
10.9 |
6.6 – 15.2 |
11.0 |
9.8 |
Spells & Length data
Dept |
AWDL per Staff Year |
Total of Spells of SA |
Average Spell Length (Days) |
Average No of Spells per Person |
Prop’tion of Staff with SA |
Prop’tion of Staff with Less Than 5 Days SA |
Prop’tion of Staff Who Took Long Term SA |
Prop’tion of All Days Lost to Long Term SA |
Defra* |
7.5 |
11,295 |
4.25 |
1.38 |
51.8% |
75.0% |
4.9% |
46.0% |
CEFAS |
6.5 |
809 |
4.23 |
1.31 |
56.8% |
75.2% |
5.5% |
46.2% |
CSL |
6.6 |
1,361 |
3.32 |
1.33 |
44.6% |
77.8% |
2.5% |
29.1% |
PSD |
8.6 |
381 |
4.30 |
1.77 |
68.4% |
72.6% |
4.2% |
51.6% |
RPA |
6.9 |
6,818 |
3.17 |
1.57 |
57.2% |
72.1% |
3.1% |
28.8% |
VLA |
9.5 |
3,555 |
3.34 |
2.40 |
67.2% |
63.9% |
5.5% |
34.0% |
VMD |
10.9 |
367 |
3.99 |
2.45 |
61.3% |
59.3% |
6.7% |
46.4% |
Departmental Analysis 2005-06
Dept |
No of Staff |
Staff Years |
Total days lost |
AWDL per Staff Year |
Confidence limits |
Weighted AWDL per Staff Year |
AWDL per person |
Defra* |
8,649 |
7,373.8 |
60,787 |
8.2 |
7.8 – 8.7 |
8.6 |
7.0 |
CEFAS |
593 |
518.7 |
2,609 |
5.0 |
3.6 – 6.4 |
6.1 |
4.4 |
PSD |
227 |
195.5 |
1,909 |
9.8 |
6.3 – 13.3 |
11.3 |
8.4 |
RPA |
4,270 |
3,051.7 |
23,873 |
7.8 |
7.2 – 8.5 |
8.1 |
5.6 |
VLA |
1,430 |
1,291.1 |
11,501 |
9.4 |
8.3 – 10.6 |
9.4 |
8.0 |
VMD |
142 |
128.3 |
1,416 |
11.0 |
6.6 – 15.5 |
10.4 |
10.0 |
Spells & Length data 2005-06
Dept |
AWDL per Staff Year |
Total of Spells of SA |
Average Spell Length (Days) |
Average No of Spells per Person |
Prop’tion of Staff with SA |
Prop’tion of Staff with Less Than 5 Days SA |
Prop’tion of Staff Who Took Long Term SA |
Prop’tion of All Days Lost to Long Term SA |
Defra* |
8.2 |
14,179 |
4.29 |
1.64 |
58.1% |
69.4% |
4.8% |
44.0% |
CEFAS |
5.0 |
657 |
3.97 |
1.11 |
51.3% |
79.9% |
2.5% |
40.9% |
PSD |
9.8 |
432 |
4.42 |
1.90 |
71.4% |
66.5% |
6.6% |
52.5% |
RPA |
7.8 |
6,246 |
3.82 |
1.46 |
53.8% |
72.9% |
4.0% |
39.5% |
VLA |
9.4 |
3,176 |
3.62 |
2.22 |
69.4% |
63.4% |
5.8% |
37.4% |
VMD |
11.0 |
376 |
3.77 |
2.65 |
74.6% |
59.2% |
4.9% |
37.9% |
* Includes AH, GDS & MFA
Defra - Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
AH - Animal Health
CEFAS - Centre for Environment, Fisheries & Aquaculture Science
CSL - Central Science Laboratory
GDS - Government Decontamination Service
MFA - Marine and Fisheries Agency
PSD - Pesticides Safety Directorate
RPA - Rural Payments Agency
VLA - Veterinary Laboratories Agency
VMD - Veterinary Medicines Directorate
Terms used
AWDL – Average Working Days Lost, i.e. the total number of working days lost across the year in a department, divided by the total number of potential staff years in that department.
Weighted AWDL – Weighting attempts to adjust for individual demographic differences between departments. In other words, if a department has a high proportion of a particular demographic group compared to the overall Civil Service, their AWDL will be affected by this. Weighting attempts to compensate for this.
Confidence Limits – Confidence Limits give a measure of the error, or confidence, in the data, and are expressed at a 5% confidence interval.
Long Term Sickness Absence – An absence of a month or over (21 working days or more).
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