§ Mr. Wallasked the Secretary of State for Employment how many man-hours were lost in the Hull docks by official and unofficial strikes, respectively, in the years 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974 and the first six months of 1975, respectively.
§ Mr. BoothThe available information is given in the table below. Loss of time due to industrial disputes is measured in terms of working days lost. There are separate figures for stoppages known to be official; it is not known whether all the remainder were unofficial but the majority would be in that category.
STOPPAGES OF WORK DUE TO INDUSTRIAL DISPUTES: PORT OF HULL Working days lost in all stoppages in progress in period Total Of which due to stoppages known to be official 1971 52,000 — 1972 54,000 35,000 1973 17,000 — 1974 6,000 — January-June 1975* 11,000 — * Provisional.