§ 89. Mr. William Hamiltonasked the Secretary of State for Employment and Productivity how many days work were lost in Scotland in each six-monthly period from January, 1960, to date, due to industrial strikes and to sickness, respectively.
§ Mr. HattersleyFollowing is the information:
WORKING DAYS LOST IN SCOTLAND DUE TO STOPPAGES OF WORK ARISING FROM INDUSTRIAL DISPUTES JANUARY 1960-JUNE, 1968 Working days lost Year January to June July to December 1960 … … 445,000 288,000 1961 … … 208,000 124,000 1962 … … 577,000 141,000 1963 … … 153,000 102,000 1964 … … 175,000 127,000 1965 … … 287,000 157,000 1966 … … 226,000 63,000 1967 … … 164,000 238,000 1968* … … 432,000 — * Provisional figures. Information about absence due to sickness as notified for the purposes of National Insurance is only available for the complete years ending 4th June, 1966 and 3rd June, 1967 when the figures were approximately 38.7 million and 36.9 million days respectively.