§ Mr. Hayhoeasked the Secretary of State for Employment whether he will give the latest figures for the number of strikes and the number of days lost as a result of industrial disputes together with the comparable figures for the last 10 years.
Mr. Chichester-ClerkFollowing is the information:
Period Number of stoppages beginning in period Working days lost in stoppages in progress in period 1st January-30th June: 1963 1,005 634,000 1964 1,336 1,382,000 1965 1,371 2,009,000 1966 1,190 1,788,000 1967 1,079 1,065,000 1968 1,134 3.109,000 1969 1,489 2,688,000 1970 2,355 5,002,000 1971 1,221 10,966,000 1972 1,238 15,514,000 1973* 1,444 4.131,000 * Provisional.