§ Mr. Meacherasked the Secretary of State for Employment what percentage of the total number of days worked in each of the last 10 years is represented by the number of working days lost through industrial disputes.
§ Mr. BryanThe number of days worked in each year is not known accurately. However, on the basis of 250 working days in a year the proportions of days lost through industrial stoppages were:
United Kingdom per cent. per cent. 1962 0.10 1967 0.05 1963 0.03 1968 0.08 1964 0.04 1969 0.12 1965 0.05 1970 0.19 1966 0.04 1971 0.24 (provisional)