§ Sir C. Osborneasked the Minister of Labour how many working days have been lost in official and unofficial strikes, respectively, in 1966 to the latest convenient date; and what were the corresponding figures for each of the previous five years.
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§ Mrs. Shirley WilliamsCertain stoppages are known to have been official, but it is not known whether the remainder were unofficial.
The number of days lost in all stoppages in progress and the number of days lost in stoppages known to have been official or partly official in the first nine months of each of the years 1961 to 1966 were:
All Stoppages in progress Stoppages known to have been official (Thousands) 1961 … … 2,430 533 1962 … … 4,980 3,751 1963 … … 1,265 443 1964 … … 1,890 635 1965 … … 2,511 526 1966 … … 2,049 1,102 The figures for 1966 are provisional.