§ Mr. Hayhoeasked the Secretary of State for Employment whether he will publish the number of stoppages where the principal cause was other than pay in each of the last 10 years and the number of days lost in such disputes.
§ Mr. BoothFollowing is the information:—
INDUSTRIAL STOPPAGES WHERE THAN PRINCIPAL CAUSE WAS OTHER THAN PAY Number of stoppage* beginning in the year Number of working days lost 1972 … 1,020 2,262,000 1971 … 1,073 1,303,000 1970 … 1,441 1,671,000 1969 … 1,333 2,419,000 1968 … 1,148 1,137,000 1967 … 1,130 1,176,000 1966 … 1,054 753,000 1965 … 1,174 1,287,000 1964 … 1,316 977,000 1963 … 1,112 617,000 Notes:
1.Similar information for 1973 will be available in a few weeks' time.
2.The figures given in the reply can be derived from information published in the DE Gazette in the May or June issue each year.
§ Mr. Onslowasked the Secretary of State for Employment what is the purpose, and what will be the practical effect, so far as concerns statistics relating to industrial disputes in the steel industry, of the arrangements that have been made to identify stoppages in the public sector from 1973.
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§ Mr. BoothThe purpose and practical effect of the arrangements which have been made are that figures for 1973 relating to the steel industry can be produced in a few weeks' time. As soon as they become available I will send them to the hon. Member.