§ Mr. Pavittasked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will publish in the Official Report a table showing the loss of working days through industrial disputes, and the loss of working days 731W through sickness, together with the estimates of the costs to social security for each of the last five years.
§ Mr. OrmeThe following table gives information for five years ending 1975, the latest date for which national insurance figures are available. The number of
Number of working days lost through stoppages of work due to industrial disputes (see notes (a) and (b)) Amounts of supplementary benefit paid Number of days of certified incapacity for work for which sickness, industrial injury or invalidity benefit claimed (see note (c)) Amounts of sickness, injury, invalidity and supplementary benefit paid (see notes (d) and (e)) (millions) (£ millions) (millions) (£ millions) 1971 … 13.5 4.3 334.0 436 1972 … 24.0 8..5 325.1 465 1973 … 7.1 0.7 336.3 536 1974 … 14.7 5.0 336 .1 604 1975 … 6.0 0.7 325.2 720 1976 … 3.2 0.3 Not known Not known (a) For the calendar year. (b) For the United Kingdom only. (c) For the statistical year ending in June. (d) For the financial year ending 31st March. (e) Includes estimated cost of supplementary benefit paid with a National Insurance benefit but excludes Supplementary Benefit paid to the sick and disabled with no entitlement to a National Insurance benefit.