§ Mr. John Mooreasked the Secretary of State for Trade if he will publish in theOfficial Report a table showing (a) the number of days lost through strikes in British Airways and (b) the number of days lost through absenteeism in British Airways for each year since 1964.
§ Mr. Clinton DavisBritish Airways came into being as a result of a merger between BO AC and BE A in 1974 and the totality of the information sought by the hon. Member is not available.
The only available figures relate to the number of days lost through strikes cover the period 1970–76 and are as follows:
1970–71 … … … 21,265 1971–72 … … … 14,925 1972–73 … … … 10,098 1973–74 … … … 6,121 1974–75 … … … 35,473 1975–76 … … … 9,649 The number of days lost through absenteeism, including sickness, is set out below, together with the number of days lost per staff member:
Year Total Per Staff Member 1964–65 … … 299,897 7.9 1965–66 … … 302,649 7.9 1966–67 … … 350,167 8.9 1967–68 … … 362,820 8.8 1968–69 … … 396,183 9.2 1969–70 … … 414,372 9.2 1970–71 … … 408,294 8.4 1971–72 … … 396,701 8.0 1972–73 … … 428,220 8.7 1973–74 … … 444,676 80 1974–75 … … 401,928 7.2 1975–76 … … 440,275 8.0 Figures prior to the merger of BA relate to the totals for BEA and BOAC.