§ Mr. Knoxasked the Secretary of State for Employment if man-hours lost through 299W (a) overtime bans, (b) go-slows and (c) work-to-rules are included in his Department's estimates of total man-hours lost in British manufacturing industry.
§ Mr. Harold WalkerMy Department's statistics of working days lost through industrial disputes set out to cover only strikes or lock-outs lasting a day or more, or involving 10 workers or more, or involving more than 100 working days. Shorter or smaller disputes, and other forms of industrial action, including those listed by the hon. Member, are not covered.
§ Mr. Knoxasked the Secretary of State for Employment what percentage of man-hours lost he estimates his Department fails to record in its presentation of statistics relating to industrial relations in manufacturing industry.
§ Mr. Harold WalkerMy Department's statistics aim to cover all strikes other than those lasting less than a day, or involving less than 10 workers, except where the aggregate number of working days lost exceeds 100.
No direct estimate is available of the shortfall in recording but it is believed that only a small proportion of working days lost are not recorded.
§ Mr. Knoxasked the Secretary of State for Employment if stoppages in a particular industry necessitated as a result of stoppages by key firms, in that industry or in other ancillary industries, which act as vital suppliers or sales outlets to that particular industry, are recorded by his Department and reflected in statistics relating to workplace industrial relations in British manufacturing industry.
§ Mr. Harold WalkerIn common with the practice of other industrial countries, our statistics of stoppages of work arising from industrial disputes include only those workers directly and indirectly involved at the establishments where disputes occur and do not include or reflect repercussions in other establishments in the same or other industries.