§ Mr. Gordon Wilsonasked the Secretary of State for Employment what is the number of employees on short-time working in each of the United Kingdom planning regions; and what percentage they form of the total work force in each region.
§ Mr. Peter MorrisonStatistics on short-time working are available only for operatives in manufacturing industries. Information for the standard regions of Great Britain for the week ended 13 December 1980, the latest available, is published in table 1.13 of the labour market data section of the February 1981 issue ofEmployment Gazette. Corresponding information for Northern Ireland is not available.