§ Mr. Whiteasked the Home Secretary whether he will indicate the average number of days sick leave taken by prison officers, principal officers, and chief officers in His Majesty's prisons during the last 12 months for which statistics 1249W are available; and the maladies from which officers of these grades most frequently suffer, as disclosed by Returns in the possession of his Department?
§ Sir S. Hoare:The average number of days sick leave taken by prison officers during the year 1937 is as follows:
Men Officers 9.2 8.7 Principal Officers 7.6 Chief Officers 5.2 Foremen of Works and Engineers 4.0 Women. Officers 10.0 9.6 Principal Officers 9.6 Matrons 4.4 Chief Officers 10.0 I regret that the information asked for in the last part of the question is not available and could not be obtained without an unjustifiable expenditure of time and money.