§ Mr. Redmondasked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will publish a list of the orders made, to the latest convenient date under paragraphs 4(2)
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§ Mr. Dudley SmithInformation about the numbers unemployed is available for men, women, boys and girls, but percentage rates of unemployment can only be calculated for males and females. Rates are available for the Bacup, Rawtenstall and Haslingden travel-to-work area as a whole but not separately for its constituent parts. Following is the available information.
and 5(1) of the schedule to the Counter-Inflation (Temporary Provisions) Act 1972 and giving the amount of the increases in earnings which have thus been authorised both as cash and as percentages of the previous total.
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§ Mr. Chichester-ClarkFollowing is the information:
1. The Counter-Inflation (Wages Councils) Order 1972 made 1st December 1972 to postpone the operative dates of certain wages regulation orders, in full or in part. Industries and trades affected were:
Dressmaking and Women's Light Clothing (Scotland)—increase 80p per week for both men and women, due 6th December 1972 (7 per cent.).Laundry (Great Britain)—50p per week (women) due 25th December 1972 (4 per cent.).Retail Food Trades (England and Wales)—reduction in standard working week due 1st January 1973 (2.4 per cent.).Retail Food Trades (Scotland)—reduction in standard working week due 1st January 1973 (2.4 per cent.).2. The Counter-Inflation (Wages Councils) Order 1973 made 22nd February 1973 which permits implementation of the increases postponed by the 1972 order, with effect from the following dates:
Dressmaking (Scotland) 13th March 1973; Laundry, 25th March 1973; Retail Food Trades (England and Wales) and Retail Food Trades (Scotland) 1st April 1973, or the day following the end of the standstill, if earlier.It also postpones until the end of the standstill a staged increase, due 4th March 1973, in
February 1973 (provisional) March 1972 Males Females Males Females South East … … … 63.1 242.7 23.9 121.2 East Anglia … … … 41.8 156.7 14.1 67.9 South West … … … 36.2 110.9 14.5 70.3 West Midlands … … … 27.5 90.3 7.9 45.4 East Midlands … … … 35.3 137.3 13.4 89.3 Yorkshire and Humberside … … … 19.5 89.0 7.2 51.6 North West … … … 11.4 55.5 5.2 33.0 North … … … 12.6 40.1 5.2 28.8 Wales … … … 14.4 44.3 7.8 29.1 Scotland … … … 9.5 27.6 3.1 14.1 Northern Ireland … … … 8.8 18.3 3.9 16.9 The statistics relate only to notified vacancies remaining unfilled and do not purport to measure the total unsatisfied demand for labour.