HC Deb 02 August 1976 vol 916 cc538-9W
Mr. John Moore

asked the Secretary of State for Energy if he will publish in theOfficial Report a table showing (a) the number of days lost through strikes in the Electricity Council and (b) the number of days lost through absenteeism in the Electricity Council for each year since 1964.

Mr. Eadie

The number of days lost in the electricity supply industry since 1964 is small in relation to the numbers employed. The largest annual figure was 28,000 man days lost through industrial stoppages in 1974. The numbers of days lost through sickness and accidents in the industry were as follows:

1967 2,500,528
1968 2,739,466
1969 2,524,970
1970* 1,774,132
1971 2,373,343
1972 2,161,418
1973 2,111,643
1974 1,885,037
1975 1,897,406
*Excluding CEGB

NOTE. No figures are available before 1967. The figures for 1967, 1968 and 1969 are for England and Wales only.