HC Deb 14 January 1977 vol 923 c610W
Mr. Peter Bottomley

asked the Secretary of State for Employment whether the industrial inaction by his staff which has been preventing the publication of unemployment statistics will be included in the statistics of industrial disputes.

Mr. Booth

No; the dispute did not involve loss of working days. Most staff engaged on statistical work in local offices spend only a small part of that time on it.