HC Deb 15 December 1983 vol 50 c567W
Mr. Ralph Howell

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will give the total number of days lost through sickness for (a) nurses and midwives, (b) administrative and clerical and (c) ancillary staff for each region during 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982 and 1983; and what was the cost to each region.

Mr. Kenneth Clarke

Information on sickness among hospital workers is not held centrally.

County Total electors on the 1976 Electoral Register Total electors on the 1983 Electoral Register Percentage growth
1. Buckinghamshire 359,446 427,028 18.8
2. Berkshire 354,833 515,376 13.3
3. Cambridgeshire 389,360 440,878 13.2
4. Hereford and Worcester 430,634 484,990 12.6
5. West Sussex 476,873 531,875 11.5
6. Shropshire 255,619 284,348 11.2
7. Northamptonshire 361,468 400,485 10.8
8. Wiltshire 357,338 395,738 10.7
9. Somerset 299,919 331,837 10.6
10. Bedfordshire 334,231 369,265 10.5

The total numbers of electors include service voters and young people who will attain the age of 18 during the currency of the register.