Dear Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy,

Please can you provide the following:
* Do you have a disability staff network?
* If so:
- How long has it been running?
- The grade of the chair and deputy chair
- Does the network use storytelling as part of it's communication strategy?
* The number of members of staff who have provided information about their disability to HR broken down by :
- Year since 2010
- Grade / Seniority
- Location
* Sickness absence as a result of disability or mental health issue logged by the department broken down by:
- Year since 2010
- Grade / Seniority
- Location
* Return to work rates following disability or mental health related sickness logged by the department broken down by:
- Year since 2010
- Grade / Seniority
- Location
* Costs (i.e. sick leave payments, salary loss, costs of replacements, adjustment costs, occupation health referrals etc) relating to disability and mental health related illness broken down by:
- Year since 2010
- Grade / Seniority
- Location

Yours faithfully,

Ollie Booth

FOI Requests, Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

BEIS ref: FOI2021/15246

Dear Ollie Booth

Thank you for your request for information which was received on 15th
June. Your request has been passed on to the appropriate official at the
Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) to process.

Your request is being considered under the terms of the Freedom of
Information Act 2000 or the Environmental Information Regulations 2004 and
we will reply at the latest by 13th July.

If you have any queries about this email, please contact the Information
Rights & Records Unit at BEIS. Please remember to quote the reference
number above in any future communications.

Kind regards,

Information Rights & Records Unit

Information Rights & Records Unit | Department for Business, Energy and
Industrial Strategy | 1 Victoria Street, London, SW1H 0ET |
www.gov.uk/beis | [email address] |

FOI Requests, Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

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Dear Mr Booth

Please find attached a response to your recent information request, reference FOI2021/15246.

If you have any queries about this email, please contact the Information Rights & Records Unit at BEIS.

Please remember to quote the reference number above in any future communications.

Yours sincerely,

Information Rights & Records Unit

Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy Upper Ground
1 Victoria Street
London
SW1H 0ET
www.gov.uk/beis

Dear Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy,

Please pass this on to the person who conducts Freedom of Information reviews.

I am writing to request an internal review of Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy's handling of my FOI request 'Disability statistics'.

Whilst you don't hold information about your disability network, I believe you do hold information about sickness and return to work statistics.

Please review my request and provide the data requested.

A full history of my FOI request and all correspondence is available on the Internet at this address: https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/d...

Yours faithfully,

Ollie Booth

FOI Requests, Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

BEIS IR ref: IR2021/16364 Original FOI ref: FOI2021/15246

Dear Ollie Booth

Thank you for your request for an internal review which was received on
28th June. Your request has been passed on to the appropriate official at
the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) to
process.

In line with the Information Commissioners guidance, internal reviews
should be responded to within 20 working days unless they are complex, in
which case a response should be sent within 40 working days. Please be
aware that this does not include weekends and bank holidays. The
Department aims to respond to requests for internal reviews as quickly as
possible. We hope to be in contact with you again shortly with a decision
on your request.

If you have any queries about this email, please contact the Information
Rights & Records Unit at BEIS. Please remember to quote the reference
number above in any future communications.

Kind regards,
Information Rights & Records Unit

Information Rights & Records Unit | Department for Business, Energy and
Industrial Strategy | 1 Victoria Street, London, SW1H 0ET |
www.gov.uk/beis | [email address] |

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Dear Mr Booth

Please find attached the response to your Internal Review request, our reference IR2021/16364.

If you have any queries about this email, please contact the Information Rights and Records Unit at BEIS.

Please remember to quote the reference number above in any future communications.

Yours sincerely,

Information Rights & Records Unit

Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy Upper Ground
1 Victoria Street
London
SW1H 0ET
www.gov.uk/beis