§ 122. Mr. PatnickTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment how many working days were lost through strike action in the first quarter of 1989; and what were the comparable figures for the previous 10 years.
§ Mr. NichollsFor the latest three-month period for which data is available, ending February 1989, it is provisionally estimated that 135,000 working days were lost through stoppages of work due to industrial disputes. Figures for comparable periods in the previous 10 years, together with the latest figure, are shown in the table.
Working days lost in the three months ending February Year Number 1979 5,933,000 1980 6,219,000 1981 778,000 1982 1,721,000 1983 1,184,000 1984 983,000 1985 6,235,000 1986 685,000 1987 1,914,000 1988 820,000 1989 135,000