HC Deb 30 November 1943 vol 395 cc231-2W
Captain Plugge

asked the Minister of Fuel and Power the percentage of absenteeism for all workers in the mining industry for each quarter in the year ended 30th June, 1943, with similar figures for the year ended 30th June, 1942?

Major Lloyd George

The percentage of absenteeism for all wage-earners in the coal-mining industry in each quarter of the years ended 30th June, 1943, and 30th June, 1942, was:

1942–43. 1941–42.
September quarter … 10.70 8.43
December quarter … 10.79 9.65
March quarter … 12.68 11.23
June quarter … 11.69 10.14