HC Deb 02 December 1987 vol 123 c597W
Mr. Hayes

To ask the Secretary of State for Social Services how many working days were lost in his Department due to industrial action by civil servants in the period 1976–86.

Mr. Newton

I regret that no information is available on the number of working days lost through industrial action in the period 1976–80. Working days lost from 1981–86 were as follows:

Number
1981 161,562
1982 86,302
1983 17,408
1984 106,733
1985 24,803
1986 31,608