§ 52. Sir G. Foxasked the Minister of Labour whether the Report referring to the catering activities of the Crown and of theatre managements, referred to in paragraph 4 on page 6 of the First Annual Report of the Catering Wages Commission, can be made available for the information of employers and employees concerned with such catering.
§ Mr. IsaacsThe report of the Catering Wages Commission on the methods of regulating remuneration in Crown catering undertakings was published by His Majesty's Stationery Office in 1944. The Commission's report on the catering activities of theatre managements was not published, but was made available to the employers' associations and the trade union directly interested. I am arranging for a copy of the latter report to be placed in the Library. If employers and employees concerned with theatre catering334W desire information regarding the Commission's report they should get into touch with their appropriate organisation.
§ Mr. A. Lewisasked the Minister of Labour if he will give the number of workers engaged in the catering industry, at the last convenient date, in London, Torquay, Eastbourne, Hastings, Brighton, Bexhill and Folkestone; and the approximate total number throughout the country.
§ Mr. IsaacsThe table below gives the estimated numbers of insured persons employed in the hotel, boarding house, restaurant, club, catering, etc., services at July, 1946, in the areas in question. The figures exclude part-time women who are not insurable.
Greater London … … 115,550 Torquay … … 2,460 Eastbourne … … 1,770 Hastings … … 1,580 Brighton … … 4,520 Bexhill … … 460 Folkestone … … 1,020 Great Britain … … 407,130