HC Deb 16 March 1970 vol 798 c38W
Mr. Edward M. Taylor

asked the Secretary of State for Employment and Productivity how many working hours were lost in the steel industry as a result of strikes in 1969; and what were the comparable figures in each of the previous 10 years.

Mr. Harold Walker

As the reply consists of a table of figures I will, with permission, circulate it in the OFFFICIAL REPORT.

Following is the information:

IRON AND STEEL*
WORKING DAYS LOST THROUGH STOPPAGES OF WORK DUE TO INDUSTRIAL DISPUTES
United Kingdom
1969† … … 428,000
1968 … … 284,000
1967 … … 155,000
1966 … … 92,000
1965 … … 180,000
1964 … … 324,000
1963 … … 68,000
1962 … … 261,000
1961 … … 268,000
1960 … … 38,000
1959* … … 64,000
* Statistics for 1960–69 compiled on the basis of SIC (1958 edition), MLH 311–313, and for 1959 on SIC (1948 edition), MLH 40–44.
† Provisional.