§ Mr. KELLYasked the Under-Secretary of State for India what was the average number of days of sick leave per head taken by men and by women clerical officers and by members of the established typing grades, respectively, employed in his Department in each of the last three years; and what was the average number of days per head in the case of each grade taken on account of gastric and nervous trouble, respectively?
§ Earl WINTERTONThe following table gives the desired information:
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§ Mr. KELLYasked the Secretary for Mines what was the average number of days of sick leave per head taken by men and by women clerical officers and by members of the established typing grades, respectively, employed in his Department in each of the last three years; and what was the average number of days per head in the case of each grade taken on account of gastric and nervous trouble, respectively?
§ Commodore KINGThe average number of days sick leave per head during the last three years in the case of men clerical officers, women clerical officers and members of the established typing grades is as follows:
— Year ended 31st January. 1927. 1928. 1929. Clerical Officers—Men 6.43 9.77* 6.03 Clerical Officers—Women 9.20 8.00 11.00† Established Typing Grades 8.82 5.31 5.65 * Includes three cases of sick leave amounting to 64, 67 and 89 days respectively. † Includes one case of sick leave amounting to 49 days. The information asked for in the last part of the question cannot be supplied as no detailed record is kept of the types of illness which account for the sick leave.
§ Mr. KELLYasked the Home Secretary what was the average number of days of sick leave per head during each of the last three years in the case of women clerical officers, writing assistants, and members of the established typing grades, respectively, employed in his Department; and what was the average number of days of sick leave per head in the case of each of the grades concerned taken on account of gastric or nervous trouble, respectively?
§ Sir W. JOYNSON-HICKSThe average number of days of sick leave per head during the three years 1926, 1927 and 1928 in the case of women clerical officers, writing assistants and members of the established typing grades is as follows:
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— 1926. 1927. 1928. Clerical Officers 6.1* 6.7* 5.6 Writing Assistants 6.2 6.0 4.4 Typing Grades 10.9† 10.0 7.6 * Does not include one woman who had 284 days continuous sick leave in 1926 and 1927. † Does not include one woman who had 105 days sick leave. I regret that I am unable to give the information asked for in the last part of the question.