FOI Reference: FOI/2022/4321

You asked

"Labour disputes; total working days lost; all industries & services". However, this only contains data up to January 2020.

Under the Freedom of Information Act 2000, I would like to know:

  • The total number of working days lost to labour disputes

I would like this data for every month since January 2020, to June 2022. If this is not possible then please provide any of the data, you do have available.

We said

Thank you for your request.

The coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic presented a significant challenge to the UK. ONS worked to ensure that the UK had the vital information needed to respond to the impact of this pandemic on our economy and society. The effects of the pandemic on ONS capacity and capability during this period meant we reviewed the existing labour market releases and as a result suspended data collection and publication of labour disputes. We therefore currently do not hold any Labour Disputes data, including working days lost, post January 2020.

We have recently restarted collection of this data, please see our Release Calendar for updates.