HC Deb 15 May 1991 vol 191 c212W
Ms. Walley

To ask the Secretary of State for Employment how many workers in the pottery/ceramic and allied industries are currently working a four-day and three-day week.

Mr. Jackson

There is no information available on the number of people working a four-day and three-day week. In the week ended 14 December 1990—the latest date for which reliable information is available—there were 29,000 operatives working short-time in the non-metallic mineral products industry in Great Britain. Separate figures for the pottery/ceramic and allied industries are not available.