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Lost Working Days

Volume 977: debated on Wednesday 30 January 1980

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asked the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many working days were lost in Northern Ireland through (a) industrial disputes and (b) terrorist activies for each year over the last five years.

The number of working days lost through industrial disputes is as follows:

YearNumber of working days lost
1975245,500
197645,100
1977146,200
1978263,500
1979650,200
Statistics are not collected on the number of working days lost through terrorist activity.