§ 40. Mr. David EvansTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment what was the average annual number of working days lost through stoppages for the period of the past nine years; and what was the figure for the preceding nine years.
§ Mr. NichollsThe average annual number of working days lost through stoppages of work due to industrial disputes for the period 1980 to 1988 is provisionally estimated as 7,562,000; the figure for the period 1971 to 1979 was 13,081,000.
§ 148. Mr. JanmanTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment if he will make a statement on the work clays lost in(a) January 1979 and (b) January 1989.
§ Mr. NichollsThe number of working days lost through stoppages of work due to industrial disputes in January 1979 was 2,966,000. The most recently available figure relates to December 1988, for which it is provisionally estimated that 35,000 working days were lost; the January 1989 figures will be published on 16 March in the labour market statistics press notice.