§ Mr. Bishopasked the Secretary of State for Employment and Productivity if she will give the total number of working days lost in 1968 through industrial disputes, the total of the insured population and the average number of working days lost through industrial disputes per person insured.
§ Mr. Harold WalkerDuring 1968 the total number of working days lost in the United Kingdom through stoppages of work due to industrial disputes was 4,690,000. Official statistics express loss of working time in relation to the number of employees in employment. The latter figure for the United Kingdom at mid-1968 is estimated to be 23,125,000, giving an average of working days lost per employee of 0.2.