§ Mr. Malcolm BruceTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence what estimate he has made of absenteeism rates in days per annum for staffing his Department for each of the years(a) 1979–80, (b) 1989–90, (c) 1991–92, (d) 1993–94, (e) 1994–95 and (f) 1995–96. [11333]
§ Mr. ArbuthnotIn 1991, 1992, 1993 and 1994, the average numbers of working days absence for non-industrial staff were 7.8, 7.9, 8.7 and 7.6 respectively. Figures are not yet available for 1995. Those for years before 1991 could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.
Data for industrial staff are not held centrally and could he provided only at disproportionate cost.