HC Deb 12 November 1980 vol 992 c257W
Mr. Moyle

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services what percentage of days which should have been worked in the National Health Service was lost by industrial action between 1 January 1979 and 31 March 1979.

Mr. Patrick Jenkin

On the basis of broad estimates, the proportion of total working days lost in England was less than 1 per cent. This contributed substantially to the increase in hospital waiting lists by 80,000 in the same period.