HC Deb 26 February 1941 vol 369 c505
26. Mr. Dobbie

asked the Minister of Transport whether, in view of the great decrease in the number of injured work men reported by the railway companies to the Ministry in 1940 as compared with K)39 and 1938, he will inform the House of the difference in the nature of accidents which call for report at the present time as compared with the two previous years?

Lieut.-Colonel Moore-Brabazon

Before 1st September, 1939, the railway companies were required to report all injuries to their servants involving an absence from duty of more than three days, but during the war period, so far as injuries are concerned, reporting has been limited to cases of serious personal injury.