HC Deb 03 February 1994 vol 236 cc892-3W
Mr. Peter Bottomley

To ask the Secretary of State for Employment what was the number of days lost in industrial disputes in relation to the size of the work force in each EC country in(a) the latest year for which information is available and (b) 10 years previously.

Mr. Michael Forsyth

The latest available data are given in the following table:

Working days lost per thousand employees in employment1 2
1992 1982
United Kingdom 20 250
Belgium 40 170
Denmark 30 50
France 30 130
Germany (Federal Republic) 60 4—
Greece 52,910 830
Ireland 220 500
1992 1982
Italy 6200 1,280
Netherlands 10 50
Portugal 60 170
Spain 670 360
1 It should be noted that there are some differences in coverage between each country's statistics. More details can be found on page 550 of Employment Gazette December 1993.
2 Data are not available for Luxembourg.
3 Data relates to 1980.
4 Less than five days lost per thousand.
5 Data relates to 1991.
6 Data relates to 1991.