Mr Ruffley: To ask the Attorney-General what the average number of working days lost per person through ill health was in the Law Officers' Departments in each of the last five years.

The Solicitor-General (Oliver Heald): For the last three years I refer my hon. Friend to the answer given to him by the former Solicitor-General, my hon. and learned Friend the Member for Harborough (Sir Edward Garnier), on 9 July 2012, Official Report, column 12W.

The figures for the preceding two years are contained in the following table:

Average working days lost

Department                April 2007 - March 2008                April 2008-March 2009     

CPS                          9.4                                              8.5

TSol (1)                     6.7                                              7.2

SFO                          8.1                                              11.2 

(1) The figures for the Attorney-General's Office amd HM Crown Prosecution service Inspectorate are incorportated in the TSol data as such information was not recorded seperatly for this position.

Data is on the average number of working days lost due to ill health is routinely published in respective departmental resource accounts which are laid annually in the House of Commons. Copies of resource accounts relating to the Law Officers' Departments over the past five years can be found in the Library of the House.