§ Mr. Peter Bruinvelsasked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will provide details of the number of stoppages in the newspaper industry, notified to his Department, month by month, in each of the past five years.
§ Mr. Alan ClarkThe information is as follows:
1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 January 2 — 1 — 2 February 1 2 — 2 2 March 3 3 — 1 4 April 1 3 2 3 — May 1 1 1 — 3 June 1 — — — 1 July 1 1 1 — 3 August 1 1 1 — 2 September 1 2 5 1 1 October 1 2 — 3 2 November 2 1 2 — 5 December 2 1 — 2 — The figures for 1983 are provisional.
Individual stoppages are shown in the month in which each began. The number of stoppages in progress in any month may therefore be higher than indicated in the table.
The figures do not include small stoppages—those involving fewer than 10 workers or lasting less than one day unless the aggregate number of working days lost exceeds 100.
§ Mr. Peter Bruinvelsasked the Secretary of State for Employment how many days were lost through industrial action in the newspaper industry in each of the past 10 years.
§ Mr. Alan ClarkThe information is as follows:
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Year Working days lost 1974 42,000 1975 33,000
Year Working days lost 1976 13,000 1977 129,000 1978 211,000 1979 640,000 1980 128,000 1981 13,000 1982 15,000 1983 *39,000 * Provisional estimate.
§ Mr. Peter Bruinvelsasked the Secretary of State for Employment if he has any information about the number of stoppages, duration and consequential financial losses to each national newspaper in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. Alan ClarkThe available information is given in the following table. No details of financial losses owing to industrial disputes are recorded.
Dates of Dispute Year Newspaper Start End 1979 The Times 1 December 1978 19 October Financial Times 28 May 29 May 1980 The Times 22 August 29 August Financial Times 5 December 15 December 1981 Financial Times 17 May 27 May The Times 25 September 1 October 1982 The Sun 26 April 5 May Financial Times 6 October 8 October Daily Telegraph 17 November 27 November The Times 20 December 31 December 1983 Financial Times 31 May 9 August Daily Telegraph 2 November 2 November