Textile Mills (Short-time Working)

HC Deb 20 November 1974 vol 881 cc432-3W

Mr. Cyril Smith

asked the Secretary of State for Employment how many textile mills in Lancashire, Cheshire, Derbyshire and Yorkshire are now working only four days a week or less.

Mr. John Fraser

The information is not available in the precise form requested. The following table gives the current number of establishments in the textile order group of the Standard Industrial Classification which have notified to this Department short-time working involving 10 or more workers:

County	No. of Establishments
Lancashire	8
Cheshire	1
Derbyshire	3
West Yorkshire	33
North Yorkshire	Nil
South Yorkshire	Nil