81. Major Lloydasked the Minister of National Insurance whether she is aware that some 900,000 workpeople are on an average absent from work each day in Britain on the ground of sickness; and to what extent this figure has increased since the inauguration of the National Insurance Scheme.
§ Dr. SummerskillI assume that the hon. Member's reference is to the monthly222W statistics now published by my Department. I regret that there are no comparable figures for the period before the start of the National Insurance Scheme.