Employment (Weekly Hours)

HC Deb 26 April 1968 vol 763 cc87-8W

Mr. Moonman

asked the Minister of Labour if she will indicate the latest available figure of average weekly hours worked in Great Britain compared to the 1938 level.

Mr. Hattersley

The available figures, which relate to the United Kingdom, not Great Britain, are:

	Men	Youths and Boys	Women	Girls
October 1938	47.7	46.2	43.5	44.6
October 1967	46.2	42.0	38.2	38.8

The figures, which relate to full-time manual workers, are taken from the Ministry's half-yearly inquiries into the earnings and hours of manual workers in manufacturing industries and certain other industries and services.