HC Deb 24 March 1981 vol 1 c300W
53. Mr. Trippier

asked the Secretary of State for Employment what information he has as to the number of people in his Department who did not work on 9 March.

Mr. Waddington

Of 53,455 staff in the Department of Employment group, which also includes the Manpower Services Commission, the Health and Safety Commission and the Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Services, 28,727 or 53.7 per cent. took part in the one-day strike on 9 March.