MBC CORRECTS ITS FIGURES—But Middlesbrough Still Tops Tees Valley Sickness Table Middlesbrough Council has accepted that their Freedom of Information Response was 'inaccurate' CORRECTION AND UPDATE — 5th November 2026: Middlesbrough council has since acknowledged that its original response to Freedom of Information request #023593 contained inaccurate information. It originally reported 65,427 working days lost and an average absence of 23 days per full-time equivalent employ