§ Mr. Litterickasked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will publish in the Official Report the latest available information showing the length of the average working week for industrial workers in each of the EEC countries.
§ Mr. John FraserThe latest available information is given in the table below. I regret that comparable information for Denmark is not available.
AVERAGE WEEKLY HOURS OF WORK PER MANUAL WORKER IN MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES IN OCTOBER 1973 Country Hours United Kingdom 42.7 Germany 42.8 France 43.5 1Italy 41.9 Netherlands 43.0 Belgium 40.8 Luxembourg 42.3 1Ireland 42.2 NOTES: 1 Figure relates to September 1973. SOURCES:
1. All countries except Ireland: Eurostat Social Statistics 1/1974.
2. Ireland: ILO bulletin of Labour Statistics 4th Quarter 1974.
§ Mr. Litterickasked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will publish in the Official Report the latest available figures showing the length of the working year per industrial worker, expressed in man days, for each of the member countries of the EEC.
§ Mr. John FraserIt is regretted that this information is not available.