Hospital Employees (London Weighting)

HC Deb 29 November 1974 vol 882 cc303-5W

Mr. Onslow

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services (1) whether hospital employees in the North-West Surrey group area qualify for the fringe allow-

in the OFFICIAL REPORT the number of days lost through (a) sickness, and (b) industrial injury for each of the Common Market countries, including the United Kingdom, for each year since 1945;

(2) if she will publish in the OFFICIAL REPORT the average number of days per employee lost through (a) sickness and (b) industrial injury for each year since 1945;

(3) if she will publish in the OFFICIAL REPORT the total number of working days lost through (a) sickness, and (b) industrial injury, expressed as an average of the number of employed employees, for each year since 1945.

Mr. O'Malley

The information available is set out in the table below. Comparable statistics are not available for the other Common Market countries, for the United Kingdom as a whole or for Great Britain before 1954–55.

ance under the latest London weighting arrangements;

(2) whether hospital employees in the West Surrey—North-East Hampshire district qualify for the fringe allowance under the latest London weighting arrangements.

Dr. Owen

I will write to the hon. Member as soon as settlements in the various Whitley Councils dealing with hospital staff have been announced.