§ Mr. Madelasked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will publish a table showing for each of the latest three years for which figures are available the incidence and intensity of industrial disputes by the finest breakdown available by geographical area and the same figures adjusted to take into account differences in industrial structure between areas.
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§ Mr. BoothThe following tables show the number of working days lost in stoppages and the number of working days lost in stoppages per 1,000 employees in employment for each standard region of the United Kingdom for the three latest available years, 1972 to 1974. These figures are not available adjusted for the industrial structure of each region. Information is not normally published in any greater geographical detail than this. Further analysis on these lines has been one of a number of aspects of disputes that have been studied in the course of a research project within the Department. The results are still being assessed.
TABLE 1 NUMBER OF WORKING DAYS LOST IN ALL STOPPAGES IN PROGRESS (Thousands) 1972 1973 1974 South-East 1,671 1,207 1,339 East Anglia 190 202 73 South-West 450 196 184 West Midlands 2,410 1,322 2,018 East Midlands 2,548 257 1,446 Yorkshire and Humberside 3,787 626 2,090 North-West 3,475 1,326 1,736 North 2,869 850 1,849 Wales 2,123 337 1,325 Scotland 4,080 797 2,423 Northern Ireland 306 76 267 UNITED KINGDOM 23,909 7,197 14,750
TABLE 2 NUMBER OF WORKING DAYS LOST IN ALL TOPPAGES IN PROGRESS PER 1,000 EMPLOYEES 1972 1973 1974 South-East 226.8 161.8 181.7 East Anglia 305.5 309.8 109.8 South-West 334.8 140.1 121.1 West Midlands 1,109.6 589.7 898.1 East Midlands 1,870.8 182.4 975.1 Yorkshire and Humberside 2,003.7 322.4 1,049.7 North-West 1,287.5 481.7 642.5 North 2,332.5 667.2 1,485.1 Wales 2,181.9 337.0 1,335.7 Scotland 2,051.3 388.8 1,162.7 Northern Ireland 651.1 158.3 541.6 UNITED KINGDOM 1,080.9 317.6 647.2