HC Deb 27 June 1973 vol 858 cc354-5W
Mr. Harold Walker

asked the Secretary of State for Employment how many strikes occurred because of redundancies; what was the total number of working days lost because of these strikes; and what proportion they are of the total strikes and losses of working days for each of the years from 1960 to 1970.

Mr. Chichester-Clark

Following is the information:

Mr. Harold Walker

asked the Secretary of State for Employment how many strikes occurred because of unfair dismissals; what was the total number of working days involved; and what proportion they were in each case of all strikes for each of the years of the most recent five year period.

Mr. Chichester-Clark

I regret that this information is not available.

The more detailed system of classifying stoppages by cause introduced from the beginning of this year identifies the combined category "dismissal and other disciplinary measures" and this accounted for 12 per cent. by number of all stoppages in the first five months of 1973.