HC Deb 23 July 1997 vol 298 cc595-6W
Sir Peter Emery

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment what is the estimated loss of time from work caused by asthma. [8857]

Angela Eagle

I have been asked to reply.

I refer the hon. Member to the answer given to him by the Under-Secretary of State for Social Security on Tuesday 22 July 1997, Official Report columns 576–77, which estimates 17 million days per year of certified incapacity due to sickness and invalidity caused by asthma. This estimate includes all causes of asthma and does not specifically relate to occupational causes.

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