HC Deb 02 July 1981 vol 7 c488W
Mr. Ernie Ross

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many working days are estimated to have been lost in Scotland in the past year through sickness and industrial injury.

Mrs. Chalker

In the year ending May 1980, the days of certified incapacity for work in Scotland due to sickness and industrial injury were 49,758,000 and 1,528,000 respectively.