§ Mr. John Pageasked the Secretary of State for Employment and Productivity how many man-days were lost due to industrial disputes in the motor industry in the first nine months of 1968, in 1967 and 1966; and what was the estimated total of man-days lost in the same period in establishments where there was no industrial dispute but which were affected by disputes elsewhere in the motor industry.
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§ Mr. HattersleyDuring the first nine months of 1968, the number of working days lost due to stoppages of work arising from industrial disputes at establishments where the stoppage occurred in the motor vehicle industry in the United Kingdom was 774,000. (This includes 220,000 days attributable to the national engineering stoppage on 15th May, 1968.) The corresponding figures for the complete years 1967 and 1966 were 486,000 and 340,000 respectively. Some limited information is available about the numbers of working days lost at establishments in the motor vehicle industry other than those at which the dispute occurred and the provisional estimate for the first nine months of 1968 is 100,000. The corresponding figures for the complete years 1967 and 1966 were 100,000 days and 600,000 days respectively.