HC Deb 27 July 1966 vol 732 cc301-2W
Mr. Biffen

asked the Minister of Labour if he will circulate in the OFFICIAL REPORT the statistics by which he is able to record labour turnover by industry and by area.

Mrs. Shirley Williams

Labour turnover rates for all manufacturing industries excluding shipbuilding and ship-repairing are published quarterly in the January, April, July and October issues of the Ministry of Labour Gazette. I am forwarding to the hon. Member the appropriate extract from the April, 1966 issue which provides the rates for February, 1966 and deals with certain limitations in the method of calculation.

Analyses by area are not available because the sample of establishments was drawn on the basis of Great Britain as a whole and is not necessarily representative of smaller areas.