Dear Sir or Madam,

Under the Freedom of information act please can you let me know the
number of working days lost each year for the past 10 due to
"stress, anxiety and depression"

Also please can you let me know how many employees for each were
retired on the grounds of ill-health each for the past 10 years.

Please separately state dismissals in this as well where ill health
was brought up as a factor.

Yours sincerely,

S. James

Dear Sir/Madam,

Thank you for your email.

I have forwarded your enquiry to the Freedom of Information officer.

Regards,
ConnectWyre

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To: [FOI #16804 email]

FAO S. James

Date: 8 Sept 2009

Dear S. James

RE: FOI Request - Number of people signed off work with depression
(RQ000730)

Wyre Borough Council holds the information you require. This is as
follows:-

Days lost through "stress, anxiety and depression" (expressed by
financial year) :-
1998-2005, no figures held
2005/6 834
2006/7 351
2007/8 600
2008/9 328

Ill-Health retirements by year:-
1998 =2
1999 =6
2000 =4
2001 =1
2002 =1
2003 =6
2004 =4
2005 =5
2006 =2
2007 =3
2008 =0
2009 =0

Dismissals with ill-health as a factor:-
1998-2006, no figures held
2007 =1
2008 =1
(n.b. above relate to "capability due to ill-health" where no pension was
payable.)

Yours faithfully
Colin Bedford, FOI Officer

Wyre Borough Council
Civic Centre
Poulton-Le-Fylde
FY6 7PU

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Commissioner for a decision. The Information Commissioner can be contacted
at Information Commissioner's Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane,
Wilmslow, Cheshire SK9 5AF.

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