§ Mr. Frank Fieldasked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will give details of the number of staff now involved in seeing that employers are operating correctly the statutory sick pay scheme.
§ Mr. MajorManpower equivalent to 741 full-time posts is currently provided within local office complements for the monitoring of the statutory sick pay scheme.
Sexually transmitted diseases—new cases per 100,000 population* by age seen at National Health Service hospital clinics in England 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 Male Female Total Male Female Total Male Female Total Male Female Total Male Female Total Early syphilis All cases* 15.31 2.77 9.08 13.85 2.50 8.21 12.89 2.47 7.71 12.23 1.53 6.92 10.40 1.62 6.05 Primary and Secondary only* 9.62 1.51 5.59 9.01 1.40 5.23 8.48 1.08 4.81 7.38 0.79 4.11 6.51 0.78 3.67 16–19 years 4.06 3.78 3.91 4.40 2.99 3.71 3.04 1.96 2.52 3.45 1.44 2.47 2.71 1.40 2.07 Late syphilis All cases* 6.77 3.54 5.16 6.94 3.10 5.03 6.27 3.01 4.65 6.41 2.96 4.70 5.75 2.52 4.15 Congenital syphilis Rate per 1,000 live births 0.193 0.192 0.192 0.195 0.258 0.226 0.192 0.237 0.214 0.128 0.142 0.135 0.081 0.133 0.107 Gonorrhoea (post pubertal) All cases* 244.72 147.84 196.59 239.59 135.77 187.99 236.10 138.01 187.36 216.37 128.95 172.95 210.07 127.79 169.24 16–19 years 276.65 420.00 345.53 277.54 393.83 334.44 277.65 390.93 332.84 273.26 381.68 325.89 277.65 392.37 333.51 Chancroid All cases* 0.27 0.12 0.20 0.46 0.20 0.33 0.63 0.27 0.45 0.40 0.17 0.29 0.22 *0.06 0.14 Other sexually transmitted diseases and other conditions* Lymphogranuloma venereum 0.16 †0.04 0.10 0.21 0.07 0.14 0.14 0.08 0.11 0.19 †0.06 0.13 0.16 †0.05 0.11 Granuloma inguinale 0.11 †0.03 0.07 0.08 0.10 0.09 0.09 †0.01 0.05 0.10 †0.05 0.08 0.11 †0.03 0.07 Non-specific genital infection 624.15 199.44 413.17 645.18 217.12 432.44 671.42 247.44 460.73 693.92 262.10 479.44 701.65 285.27 495.01 Non-specific genital infection with arthritis 3.68 0.23 1.97 3.92 0.26 2.10 3.40 0.18 1.80 3.15 0.14 1.65 2.87 0.15 1.52