§ Mr. ChidgeyTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what was the absenteeism rate for(a) his Department, (b) the Central Statistical Office, (c) the office of the Paymaster and (d) the Royal Mint in each year since 1991.
§ Mr. NelsonThe table gives the average number of days sickness absence per member of staff:
1991 1992 1993 1994 HMT 7.5 6.9 7.1 9.2 CSO 9.8 9.2 8.9 19.9 Paymaster 10.6 10.6 10.4 13.7 Royal Mint2 5.9 5.3 5.7 8.4 1 Provisional figure 2 Non-industrial staff only