To ask the Secretary of State for Employment how many and what percentage of unemployed claimants called for Restart interviews have (a) stopped claiming benefit and (b) obtained regular full-time work, for the most recent convenient period.
The aim of the Restart programme is to make contact with longer-term unemployed people and provide information and advice about opportunities to help them back to work. We do not collect information on how many people stop claiming benefit or obtain regular full-time employment as a result of being called for a Restart interview.
(10) what was the total number of days lost through unofficial strikes in the coal industry in 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988 and 1989;
(11) what was the total number of days lost through unofficial strikes on the railways in 1987, 1988 and 1989;
(12) what was the total number of days lost through unofficial strikes in the motor manufacturing industry in 1987, 1988 and 1989;
(13) what was the total number of days lost through unofficial strikes in the docks industry in 1987, 1988 and 1989;
(14) what was the total number of days lost through unofficial strikes in the shipbuilding industry in 1987, 1988 and 1989.
Data on stoppages of work and working days lost in unofficial disputes, where it is possible to make this distinction, are given in table 1. The statistics requested for years prior to 1987 are not available. Statistics for the docks and shipbuilding industries are not available except at disproportionate cost. Statistics on disputes solely in the Post Office are confidential. Where data are not available for a specific industry, the statistics for the broad industry classification into which they fall are given.