§ Mr. FlightTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many days were lost to industrial action in the UK in each month since January 1991 up to the most recent date for which information is available. [92766]
§ Ruth KellyThe information requested falls within the responsibility of the National Statistician. I have asked him to reply.
Letter from L. Cook to Mr. Howard Flight, dated 27 January 2003:
As National Statistician I have been asked to reply to your recent question about the days lost to industrial action in the UK in each month since January 1991 up to the most recent date. (92766)The table below shows the number of working days lost in each month from January 1991 to November 2002.
Number of Working Days lost in the United Kingdom 1991–2002 (000s) 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 Jan 44 56 49 2 24 51 Feb 36 24 71 4 18 36 Mar 55 35 74 8 28 15 Apr 105 24 154 15 34 13 May 105 28 30 33 51 8 Jun 53 33 15 70 16 241 Jul 57 37 50 32 32 149 Aug 64 54 19 39 19 442 Sep 78 70 8 20 25 122 Oct 84 47 4 14 31 39 Nov 46 65 175 17 77 162 Dec 34 53 1 23 60 25 Total 761 528 649 278 415 1303
1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 Jan 25 16 9 11 52 92 Feb 14 19 27 6 36 24 Mar 36 33 35 18 48 80 Apr 48 14 4 11 16 15 May 36 7 50 14 93 81 Jun 13 70 16 7 12 57 Jul 11 59 8 36 24 521 Aug 6 24 10 115 18 13 Sep 1 6 22 93 24 9 Oct 19 7 19 14 39 42 Nov 14 18 22 115 62 371 Dec 12 11 20 59 102 Total 235 282 242 499 525