§ Mr. Richard Wainwright asked the Secretary of State for Employment how many jobs in (a) the West Yorkshire metropolitan county council area and (b) the Greater Manchester metropolitan county council area are currently dependent on the temporary short-time working subsidy; and how these figures compare with those for the same time in 1980 and 1979.
§ Mr. Peter Morrison:I regret that statistics in the form requested are not readily available for 1979 and 1980 and could be extracted only at disproportionate cost. However, the following table shows the figures requested for September 1981:
Area Number of potentially redundant jobs
covered in
applications that
were current in
September 1981
West Yorkshire metropolitan county council 10,695 Greater Manchester metropolitan county council
23,439 Mr. Richard Wainwright asked the Secretary of State for Employment how many jobs in (a) the Kirklees metropolitan district area and (b) the Oldham metropolitan 243W district area are currently dependent on the temporary short-time working subsidy; and how those figures compare with the numbers for the same time in 1980 and 1979.
§ Mr. Peter Morrison:The following table shows the figures requested:
Kirklees metropolitan
district area
Oldham metropolitan
district area
Number of potentially redundant jobs covered in
applications that were
current in September 1981
3,280 2,542 Number of potentially redundant jobs covered in
applications that were
current in September 1980
4,210 4,845 Number of potentially redundant jobs covered in
applications that were
current in September 1979
1,645 547