§ 84. Mr. Leadbitterasked the Secretary of State for Employment how many fatalities and industrial injuries were reported for the last 12-month period up to the latest available date; and how many working days were lost through industrial injury, sickness and absenteeism.
§ Mr. Dudley Smith304,794 accidents, including 569 fatal ones, were reported under the Factories Act during 1970. These are provisional figures, and there will be no corresponding figures for days lost until next June. For the year ended 30th May, 1970, however, the provisional figures (for all occupations) for days of incapacity certified for national insurance purposes are 23 million for injury and 331 million for sickness. There are no estimates of days lost through absenteeism.