HC Deb 27 February 1973 vol 851 c318W
52. Mr. Madel

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many working days were lost due to sickness in 1972.

Mr. Dean

The only information available relates to the numbers of days of certified incapacity reported in connection with claims under the National Insurance Acts. In the period June 1970 to May 1971 there were 314 million such days for sickness benefit and 20 million for injury benefit. About one-third of the days of sickness related to incapacity lasting throughout the period. The figures for 1971–72 are not yet available, but preliminary estimates indicate that they will be very similar to those for 1970–71.