HC Deb 30 March 2000 vol 347 c214W
Mr. Jenkin

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what was the absence through sickness rate among(a) police officers and (b) civilian support staff in the Essex police for each month since 1 May 1997. [116859]

Mr. Charles Clarke

The information requested for monthly sickness rates is not held centrally but annual sickness rates for the last three years for Essex police are given in the table.

of the material in the report stemming from videotapes, an audio tape and diaries kept by the undercover investigator and an interview conducted with her during the course of the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Inspectorate's investigation. I have, therefore, today laid in the Library, copies of a fuller version of the report in which only those sections containing commercially sensitive information, or information relating to individuals and third parties remain censored. I regret that the BUAV were unable to agree to release this information earlier as I requested.

Dr. Ladyman

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if the author of the British Union for the Abolition of Vivisection report on Harlan UK is a member of the Scientific Procedures Committee. [116958]

Mr. Mike O'Brien

The administration of the Animal Procedures Committee is the responsibility of the Chairman, the Reverend Professor Michael Banner. He will write to my hon. Friend.