§ Mr. BercowTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many days have been lost owing to industrial action by staff in his Department, agencies and non-departmental public bodies in each of the last four years. [36177]
§ Dr. Moonie771 man days were lost as a result of strike action in the Ministry of Defence, its agencies and non-departmental bodies in the past four years. This arose from an industrial dispute in July and August 2000 involving Royal Fleet Auxiliary personnel who were members of the National Union of Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers. Industrial action short of a strike is not recorded in terms of man days lost.
Keel lay Launch Delivery to AWSR 1st vessel—Hurst Point 21 January 2002 19 April 2002 16 August 2002 2nd vessel—Hartland Point 8 October 2001 11 April 2002 21 October 2002 3rd vessel—Eddystone 22 April 2002 16 August 2002 1 November 2002 4th vessel—Anvil Point 1 March 2002 23 July 2002 21 January 2003 5th vessel—Longstone 19 August 2002 8 November 2002 31 January 2003 6th vessel—Beachy Head 31 January 2003 14 February 2003 30 April 2003