HC Deb 24 June 1971 vol 819 cc323-4W
Mr. David Mitchell

asked the Secretary of State for Employment what are the total net increased costs carried by Upper Clyde Shipbuilders as a result of accepting trade union wage claims during the years from 1968 until the appointment of a Receiver in 1971.

Mr. Bryan

This information is not available.

employed in the Yorkshire and Humberside region on a full-time basis and whose pay was not affected by absence during the survey pay-period in April, 1970. Weekly earnings are gross, before deductions, and included overtime payments and the average weekly value of annual and other periodical bonus and commission payments. Estimates for the ranges £20 to £25 and £25 to £30 and for women aged 21 and over are not available. The estimates are subject to sampling error.

Mr. David Mitchell

asked the Secretary of State for Employment what is the number of working days lost by strikes, including those not on strike but unable to work in the Upper Clyde Shipbuilders since its formation in 1967, and the estimated cost to Upper Clyde Shipbuilders of strikes during the same period.

Mr. Bryan

It is not my Department's practice to disclose information from the official disputes statistics relating to individual named undertakings or companies. Official estimates for loss of production due to industrial stoppages are not available.