HC Deb 18 November 1970 vol 806 c429W
Mr. Boyd-Carpenter

asked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will state the number of official and unofficial strikes, respectively, of which his Department had information in 1968, 1969 and to the latest available date in 1970.

Mr. Bryan

Separate estimates are available only for stoppages known to have been official. The great majority of the remainder would have been unofficial.

Following is the information available:

STOPPAGES OF WORK DUE TO INDUSTRIAL DISPUTES, UNITED KINGDOM
Number of stoppages beginning in period
Total of which known to have been official
1968 2,378 91
1969 3,116 98
January-September, 1970* 3,196 83
* Provisional.

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