HC Deb 21 October 1969 vol 788 c199W
Mr. David Mitchell

asked the Secretary of State for Employment and Productivity if she will publish figures showing the number of disputes in the months of July, 1968, August, 1968, and September, 1968, with the comparable figures for 1969 and similar figures in respect of the number of working days lost by disputes.

Mr. Harold Walker

As the answer consists of a table of figures, I will, with permission, circulate it in the OFFICIAL REPORT. A time series of these statistics is published regularly in the Employment and Productivity Gazette.

Following is the information:

Number of stoppages beginning in month Number of working days lost in all stoppages in progress in month
July, 1968 211 179,000
July, 1969* 230 427,000
August, 1968 194 217,000
August, 1969* 232 542,000
September, 1968 221 403,000
September, 1969* 231 361,000
* Provisional.