§ Mr. Arnold Shawasked the Secretary of State for Employment whether he will publish in the Official Report a breakdown of the overtime working in manufacturing industry by industry and region by region.
Great Britain—analysis by industry (Standard Industrial Classification 1968)
Number of operatives
(000's)
Hours of overtime worked
(000's)
Food, drink and tobacco 190.3 1,928.4 Food industries (211–229) 142.3 1,446.8 Drink industries (231–239) 42.3 442.9 Tobacco (240) 5.7 38.7 Coal and petroleum products 8.2 83.2 Chemical and allied industries 72.7 718.5 General chemicals (271) 25.3 260.0 Metal manufacture 119.6 1,133.0 Iron and steel (general) (311) 48.8 481.3 Other iron and steel (312–313) 39.9 387.4 Non-ferrous metals (321–323) 30.9 264.3 Mechanical engineering 232.4 1,854.8 Instrument engineering 23.3 154.8 Electrical engineering 105.2 778.4 Electrical machinery (361) 26.5 195.5 Shipbuilding and marine engineering 54.4 537.8 Vehicles 160.5 1,159.3 Motor vehicle manufacturing (381) 105.4 767.6 Aerospace equipment manufacturing and repairing (383) 30.2 196.9 Metal goods not elsewhere specified 128.7 1,020.0 Textiles 82.6 670.8 Production of man-made fibres (411) 7.0 71.5 Spinning and weaving of cotton, flax, linen and man-made fibres (412–413). 15.2 123.2 Woollen and worsted (414) 18.2 155.8 Hosiery and other knitted goods (417) 9.2 57.6 Leather, leather goods and fur 7.5 55.3 Clothing and footwear 16.9 86.2 Clothing industries (441–449) 11.7 65.8 Footwear (450) 51 20.5 Bricks, pottery, glass, cement etc. 72.5 729.9 Timber, furniture etc 61.9 455.8 Paper, printing and publishing 113.3 994.6 Paper and paper manufactures (481–484) 46.9 472.5 Printing and publishing (485–489) 66.5 522.0 Other manufacturing industries 65.0 570.9 Rubber (491) 23.4 211.7 Total, all manufacturing industries 1,514.9 12,931.6 Analysis by region— South-East and East Anglia 426.6 3,715.8 South-West 94.5 781.3 West Midlands 201.8 1,579.1 East Midlands 127.4 1,042.3 Yorkshire and Humberside 167.4 1,457.6 North-West 216.2 1,912.3 North 89.7 778.6 Wales 51.8 462.1 Scotland 139.4 1,202.4 Figures in brackets after the industrial headings show the Standard Industrial Classification minimum list numbers of the industries included.
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§ Mr. GoldingThe following table shows the number of operatives working overtime and of overtime hours worked during the week ended 14th August 1976. Tables giving similar information as it becomes available are published monthly in theDepartment of Employment Gazette.