Public Service Vehicles And Minibuses

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To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list by region the number of accidents involving public service vehicles and minibuses carrying school children in the last two years for which figures are available. [34794]

[holding answer 17 July 1995]: The information available is given in the table.

	Total days lost	Average staffing over year(headcount)	Days lost divided by (Average staffing x 365)
The Scottish Office (excluding the Scottish Prison Service)	77,940	5,997	0.036
Scottish Prison Service	77,490	4,371	0.049

The figures are extracted from the Department's own records: it has not been possible to adjust the figures to discount weekends and bank holidays, as is the case with the standardized statistical analysis on sickness absence across the civil service prepared by the Occupational Health and Safety Agency.

The figures on average staffing levels during the year have been calculated by averaging levels as recorded at the first of each month. In calculating days lost as a proportion of days worked, 365 has been used to gross up the staffing figures.

Volume 263: debated on Wednesday 19 July 1995