§ Mr. BlunkettTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what was the total number of working days lost through sickness, ill health and injury in 1992–93 and the estimated total cost of that absence from work.
§ Mr. SackvilleI will write to the hon. Member.
§ Mr. BlunkettTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what was the total number of working days lost through problems of mental health in 1992–93 and the estimated total cost of that absence from work.
§ Mr. BowisI understand that there were some 105,849,000 days of certified incapacity for sickness/invalidity benefit caused by mental disorders in the period 1 April 1991 to 4 April 1992; the latest year for which statistics are available.
No estimate has been made of the total public expenditure or the costs to employers associated with this absence.