Information about strike action by civil servants on 30 June
Published 5 July 2011
Date requested: 01 July 2011 PublishDate: 05 July 2011 Updated: 18 November 2011
1. Request
Can the Department provide the following information:
1. How many civil servants at the Department’s London offices, excluding agency staff, were on strike on June 30;
2. What proportion of the overall workforce this represents; and
3. How many civil servants (using the same criteria) were not on strike on June 30?
2. Release
On 30 June, 184 staff based in the Department’s London office took part in industrial action. This represents 12 per cent of all staff based at the London office and seven per cent of the total workforce. In total, 1320, or 88 per cent, of London-based staff did not take part in industrial action.