Strikes

HC Deb 28 July 1998 vol 317 c157W

Mr. Lansley

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how many days have been lost to strikes in each quarter since the first quarter of 1992. [52980]

Mr. Ian McCartney

The information requested is given in the table:

Number of working days lost due to labour disputes in the UK
Year	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Total
1992	114,800	85,600	161,600	166,000	528,000
1993	194,000	198,900	76,300	180,000	649,300
1994	15,100	118,900	90,300	54,100	278,400
1995	70,600	101,300	75,200	167,600	414,700
1996	102,500	261,900	712,700	226,200	1,303,300
1997	75,500	97,000	17,900	44,300	234,700
19981	62,300	—	—	—	—
1 Provisional data

Source:

Office for National Statistics