HC Deb 27 November 1969 vol 792 cc118-9W
46. Mr. Speed

asked the Secretary of State for Employment and Productivity if she will list the number of stoppages and days lost due to industrial disputes, excluding mining, for the period July to October, 1969, and the same figures for the same period for the years 1960 to 1968, inclusive.

Mr. Harold Walker

The following is the information available:

STOPPAGES OF WORK DUE TO INDUSTRIAL DISPUTES (EXCLUDING MINING AND QUARRYING)
stoppages beginning in period Working days lost in all stoppages in progress in period
1st July-31st October, 1969* 996 2,052,000
1st July-31st October, 1968 804 1,152,000
1st July-31st October, 1967 604 1,241,000
1st July-31st October, 1966 369 389,000
1st July-31st October, 1965 487 654,000
1st July-31st October, 1964 466 597,000
1st July-31st October, 1963 415 722,000
1st July-31st October, 1962 401 860,000
1st July-31st October, 1961 389 760,000
1st July-31st October, 1960 362 884,000
* Provisional

47. Mr. Speed

asked the Secretary of State for Employment and Productivity if she will state the number of stoppages due to industrial disputes and the number of working days lost, including and excluding mining, respectively, for the first 10 months of this year.

Mr. Harold Walker

The number of stoppages of work due to industrial disputes which began in the period 1st January to 31st October, 1969, was 2,542. Working days lost in all stoppages in progress in this period totalled 5,707,000. Excluding mining and quarrying, the corresponding figures were 2,380 stoppages and 4,674,000 days lost. All these figures are provisional.

Mr. Speed

asked the Secretary of State for Employment and Productivity what was the average number of stoppages and days lost due to industrial disputes, excluding mining, for the period July to October over the nine years from 1960 to 1968, inclusive; and what percentage increase is represented over this average by the same figures for the same period for the year 1969.

Mr. Harold Walker

The average number of stoppages of work due to industrial disputes, other than in mining and quarrying, which began in the period 1st July to 31st October in each of the nine years from 1960 to 1968, was 477. The corresponding average number of working days lost in the same periods through all stoppages in progress was 807.000. The corresponding provisional totals of stoppages and working days lost in the same period of 1969 represent increases over these averages of 109 and 154 per cent., respectively.