§ 47. Mr. Brooksasked the Secretary of State for Employment and Productivity whether she will list in the OFFICIAL REPORT each of those disputes in the motor vehicle industry which have, in the years 1961 to 1969, inclusive, involved losses of more than 10,000 man-days, the actual amount of time lost, directly or indirectly, in each such dispute and the estimated loss of production caused during each such dispute.
§ Mr. HattersleyAs the answer consists of a table of figures, I will, with permission, circulate it in the OFFICIAL REPORT. I regret that official estimates are not available for the loss of production involved.
Following is the information:
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MOTOR VEHICLE MANUFACTURING (MLH 381) STOPPAGES OF WORK DUE TO INDUSTRIAL DISPUTES INVOLVING LOSSES OF MORE THAN 10,000 WORKING DAYS Year and locality Number of working days lost by workers directly and indirectly involved at the establishments where the disputes occurred* United Kingdom 1961 Doncaster 20,500 Dagenham 47,000 Birmingham 22,000 Swindon 57,000 A number of locations in England 11,500 A number of locations in England 110,000 London 51,000 1962 Dagenham 24,000 Coventry 19,000 Birmingham 70,000 West Bromwich 11,000 Birmingham 15,000 Dagenham 19,300 Poole 13,000 Barrow-in-Furness 12,700 Coventry 11,000 Southall 14,000 Dagenham 70,000 1963 Oxford 18,000 Oxford 17,000 Coventry 32,000 Birmingham 23,000 Oxford 30,000 1964 Solihull 35,000 Addlestone 29,000 Birmingham 32,000 Birmingham 24,600 Coventry 30,000 Oxford 12,200 Near Newport 11,400 Birmingham 22,000 Birmingham and Coventry 13,400
Year and locality Number of working days lost by workers directly and indirectly involved at the establishments where the disputes occurred* United Kingdom 1965 Luton 21,400 Coventry 80,000 Coventry 30,000 Birmingham 173,000 Paisley 18,000 Oxford 68,000 Halewood 20,400 Oxford 20,300 Coventry 13,100 Coventry 35,000 Birmingham and Coventry 136,000 Coventry 38,300 Llanelly 12,300 Birmingham 24,100 1966 Dagenham 33,500 Liverpool 21,300 Coventry 70,000 Bathgate 46,700 1967 Coventry 23,700 Coventry 13,700 Birmingham 29,000 Near Newport 11,500 Birmingham 14,900 London 32,000 Birmingham 26,000 Coventry 18,900 Luton 62,000 Birmingham 12,300 Coventry 12,400 Near Newport 19,000 1968 (provisional) Coventry 10,500 Leamington Spa 14,100 Castle Bromwich 12,400 Birmingham 14,100 Scarborough 23,500 Oxford 26,900 Linwood 79,000 Birmingham 19,400 Dagenham 56,700 Oxford 10,400 Sandbach 19,300 Bromborough 25,100 Birmingham 33,900 1969 (provisional) (January-March) Peterborough 75,400 York 23,400 Ellesmere Port 25,700 A number of locations in England 572,500 * Estimates of working days lost in motor vehicle manufacturing at establishments other than those at which disputes occurred, as a result of all stoppages in the industry included in official statistics, are: 1961, 650,000; 1962, 150,000; 1963, 100,000; 1964, 100,000; 1965, 350,000; 1966, 600,000; 1967, 100,000; and 1968, 130,000 (provisional).