§ 64. Mr. H. WILLIAMSasked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury whether he can furnish any comparative statistics as to the respective sick absences of males and females in the public service?
§ Mr. COOPERAs the reply involves a number of figures, I will, with my hon. Friend's permission, circulate it in the OFFICIAL REPORT.
§ Following is the reply:
§ Statistics relating to the sick absences of some 50,000 established non-industrial Civil Servants in certain large Departments, other than the Post Office, indicate that the average number of days' sick leave per annum taken by men and women during the years 1932, 1933 and 1934 were as follow:
| Men (disabled) | … | … | 11.8 |
| Men (others) | … | … | 8.6 |
| Women | … | … | 12.9 |
§ Corresponding figures for the Post Office, relating to about 150,000 established persons, are—
| Men (disabled) | … | … | 15.1 |
| Men (others) | … | … | 10.7 |
| Women | … | … | 12.2 |