§ Mr. Carter-Jonesasked the Minister for the Civil Service how many times in each of the last five years the Civil Service Commissioners have referred applications to their panel of medical referees or the Medical Advisory Service on the grounds of an applicant's previous mental illness; and in what proportion of these cases the applicant was offered employment in the Civil Service.
§ Mr. Charles R. MorrisThe Civil Service Commissioners do not keep detailed records of cases referred to their panel of medical referees or the Medical Advisory Service. However, based on the fees paid to their psychiatric referees, they estimate that the number of applicants referred for examination on grounds of previous mental illness were as follows:
The information to enable similar estimates to be made for earlier years is not available.164W
1973–74 1,250 1974–75 1,150 1975 (1st April to 31st October) 550 It is not possible to say how many of these applicants were subsequently offered employment. The Commission's records show, however, that the total number rejected on health grounds, both physical and mental, in the last two full years were 669 and 372, respectively.