HC Deb 05 March 1984 vol 55 c466W
Mr. Peter Robinson

asked the Secretary of State for Employment how many working days per 1,000 employees have been lost in England and Wales as a result of industrial stoppages in each of the last five years.

Mr. Alan Clark

The information is as follows:

Year Working days lost per 1,000 employees
1978 409
1979 1,242
1980 516
1981 187
1982 245

Figures for England and Wales for 1983 are not yet available. The provisonal estimate for the United Kingdom is 170 working days lost per 1,000 employees.