§ Mr. Rookerasked the Secretary of State for Employment (1) what is the full-time job equivalent, assuming a 40-hour week, of the hours of overtime worked in each sector of manufacturing industry at the latest convenient date; and how these figures compare with the numbers of registered unemployed in each sector at a similar date;
(2) what is the full-time job equivalent, assuming a 40-hour week, of the hours of overtime being worked in all manufacturing industries at the latest date; and how this compares with the numbers of registered unemployed in manufacturing at a similar date.
§ Mr. BoothFollowing is the information for Great Britain at December 1975. The overtime hours shown are those worked by operatives in manufacturing industries; the numbers unemployed comprise all workers registered for employment whose last job was in manufacturing industries.