§ Mr. Gwynfor Evansasked the Secretary of State for Employment and Productivity what was the number of working days lost per head of the employed population due to stoppages arising from industrial disputes in 1968–69 in each of the English regions and in Scotland and Wales, respectively.
§ Mr. Harold Walker:The following is the information available:
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STOPPAGES OF WORK DUE TO INDUSTRIAL DISPUTES Working days lost* per head of employees in employment Region 1968 1969† South East‡ 0.090 0.153 East Anglia‡ South western 0.127 0.128 West Midlands 0.388 0.258 East Midlands 0.116 0.140 Yorkshire and Humberside 0.138 0.558 North Western 0.398 0.590 Northern 0.232 0.182 Scotland 0.306 0.370 Wales 0.280 0.705 * By workers both directly and indirectly involved at the establishments where the disputes
occurred: workers indirectly involved are the employees who are thrown out of work at those establishments although not themselves parties to the disputes. † Provisional. ‡ Separate figures for these Regions are not available for 1968.