§ Mr. Cryerasked the Secretary of State for Employment how many mills have closed, up to the most recent practicable date since 1st January 1975, in the West Riding woollen textile industry.
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§ Mr. Maddenasked the Secretary of State for Employment how many mills have closed down in the woollen and worsted, spinning and weaving, textile sector.
§ Mr. John FraserI am informed by the Manpower Services Commission that the numbers of closures of establishments engaged in the woollen and worsted, spinning and weaving, textile sector notified during the period 1st January to 12th May 1975 were:
Area No. of closures County of West Yorkshire 15 Great Britain 20
§ Mr. Cryerasked the Secretary of State for Employment how many employees are currently on short time in the West Riding woollen textile industry.
§ Mr. John FraserI regret that the information is not available in the form requested. However, a special inquiry earlier this month estimated that in the Yorkshire and Humberside Region 1,680 workers from firms in woollen and worsted, minimum list heading 414 of the Standard Industrial Classification, were on short-time working during the week commencing 5th May 1975.
§ Mr. Cryerasked the Secretary of State for Employment how many employees have been made redundant, since 1st January 1975, up to the most recent practicable date in the West Riding woollen textile industry.
§ Mr. Maddenasked the Secretary of State for Employment how many employees have been made redundant in the woollen and worsted, spinning and weaving, textile sector.
§ Mr. John FraserI am informed by the Manpower Services Commission that the following numbers of people were recorded as having been made redundant in the woollen textile industry during the period 1st January to 12th May 1975:
Area Nos. made redundant West Yorkshire Metropolitan Country 960 Great Britain 1,585
§ Mr. Maddenasked the Secretary of State for Employment (1) how many have suffered from short-time working during 1975, in the woollen and worsted, spinning and weaving, textile sector;
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§ Mr. John FraserDetailed statistics of the numbers on short-time are compiled for a selected week in each month. The following table shows the figures for woollen and worsted, minimum list heading 414 of the Standard Industrial Classification, for the first three months in 1975:
GREAT BRITAIN Week ended and number of operatives working short time 18th January 1975 5,400 15th February 1975 8,000 15th March 1975 4,800 The short-time figures for March 1975 are the most recent in the normal monthly statistical series. A special inquiry relating to this industry indicated that for the week commencing 5th May 1975, 4,500 workers in the industry were on short time. This estimate, obtained to supplement the regular monthly statistics, is necessarily approximate. The estimated number of employees in employment at March 1975 was 92,400.