§ Mr. Hayhoeasked the Secretary of State for Employment what percentage of industrial disputes during each of the last 10 years had wages as the immediate apparent principal cause; and what proportion of the total number of days lost was accounted for by such disputes.
§ Mr. BoothFollowing is the information:
had as their immediate apparent principal cause the Industrial Relations Act 1971; and how many days were lost as a result.
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§ Mr. BoothFollowing is the information:
STOPPAGES WHOSE PRINCIPAL CAUSE WAS THE INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS ACT 1971 Year Number of stoppages Number of working days lost (estimated) 1971* … … 3 2,680,000 1972 … … 3 395,000 1973 … … 10 444,000 * The figures for 1971 include stoppages which took place over the Industrial Relations Act before it became law.
STOPPAGES OF WORK DUE TO INDUSTRIAL DISPUTES: UNITED KINGDOM Number of stoppages beginning in year: Total All industries and services of which known official*(percentage) Total All industries and services excluding coalmining of which known official*(percentage) 1964 … … … … … … 2,524 2.8 1,466 4.7 1965 … … … … … … 2,354 4.1 1,614 6.0 1966 … … … … … … 1,937 3.1 1,384 4.3 1967 … … … … … … 2,116 5.1 1,722 6.3 1968 … … … … … … 2,378 3.8 2,157 4.2 1969 … … … … … … 3,116 3.1 2,930 3.3 1970 … … … … … … 3,906 4.1 3,746 4.3 1971 … … … … … … 2,228 7.2 2,093 7.7 1972 … … … … … … 2,497 6.4 2,273 7.0 1973† … … … … … … 2,854‡ 4.5 2,553 5.0 1974 (January to March†) … … … 424§ Not yet available 423 Not yet available * Separate estimates are available only for stoppages known to have been official. The great majority of the remainder would have been unofficial. † Provisional. ‡ Does not include stoppages in the coalmining industry in December 1973 (see below). § Includes official national stoppage in the coalmining industry (10th February to 8th March 1974). No information is available for other stoppages in the industry during the period December 1973 to March 1974.