HC Deb 01 February 1968 vol 757 cc391-2W
Mr. Shinwell

asked the Minister of Labour what is the number of persons who have been redeployed by transfer from distributive and general service industries to manufacturing industries following the operation of the Selective Employment Tax.

Mr. Hattersley

Provisional estimates of employees in employment in manufacturing industries in Great Britain show a decrease of about 400,000 between September, 1966, and December, 1967. Comparable estimates are not available for the service industries. Final estimates for each industry and service in the Standard Industrial Classification are made in respect of June each year; estimates for June, 1967, will be available later this month. The effects of Selective Employment Tax on redeployment from service to manufacturing industries (only one of the objects of the tax) are difficult to distinguish from the results of other economic measures.

(2) if he will state the number of working days lost through unofficial industrial action in Newcastle-upon-Tyne and the Northern Region in 1967, with comparative information for the other regions of the United Kingdom.

Mr. Hattersley

The latest figures at present available for regions are those for 1966. Following are the figures for 1966: