§ Mr. Nicholas Edwardsasked the Secretary of State for Employment whether people on short-time working who register for two days' unemployment benefit are included in the statistics of registered unemployment or in the statistics of those on short time.
§ Mr. John FraserWorkers who are on short time and are registered to claim benefit are recorded as temporarily stopped. They are not included in the figures of the unemployed. The statistics of short-time working in manufacturing industries are based on information from returns completed by employers and are not confined to those who are registered. Recent figures for the temporarily stopped are published at page 564 of the June issue of theDepartment of Employment Gazette and for those on short time at page 557 of the same issue.