HC Deb 14 February 1989 vol 147 cc152-3W
70. Mr. McLoughlin

To ask the Secretary of State for Employment how many working days were lost through strikes in(a) December 1978 and (b) December 1988; and if he will make a statement.

Mr. Lee

The number of working days lost through stoppages of work due to industrial disputes in December 1978 was 542,000. The most recently available figure relates to November 1988, for which it is provisionally estimated that 173,000 working days were lost; the December 1988 figures will be published on 16 February in the "Labour Market Statistics Press Notice".