§ Mr. Ralph Howellasked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will publish figures showing how many and which categories of employees at present receive the equivalent of full basic pay 461W when sick (a) for up to eight weeks and (b) for over eight weeks, also showing the maximum period for which each group receives this amount.
§ Mrs. ChalkerThe available information is contained in the " Report on a Survey of Occupational Sick Pay Schemes" published by HMSO in 1977. I refer my hon. Friend to the report, a copy of which is in the Library.