HC Deb 02 December 1987 vol 123 c600W
Mr. Hayes

To ask the Secretary of State for Employment how many working days were lost in his Department due to industrial action by civil servants in the period 1976–86.

Mr. Nicholls

Figures for the number of working days lost in the DE group due to industrial action between 1976 and 1980 are not available. Statistics for the years 1981 to 1986 are set out below:

Year Number of days lost
1981 59,959
1982 3,332
1983 271
1984 22,313
1985 2,007
1986 3,121

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