HC Deb 24 June 2002 vol 387 cc664-5W
Helen Jones

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what estimate he has made of the number of British companies which have in place policies on rehabilitation for employees injured at work. [58053]

Mr. Jamieson

[holding answer 13 June 2002]: Although HSE has recently commissioned two surveys which have addressed rehabilitation at work in varying ways, neither asked whether a company has a policy on rehabilitation specifically for employees injured at work.

One of these surveys has suggested that: approximately 25 per cent. of employers surveyed knew how to access rehabilitation support.

Emerging findings from the other suggest that: 1,759 of the 4,950 companies surveyed provide rehabilitation programmes after illness.