§ Mr. Biffenasked the Minister of Labour what is the estimated number of part-time workers who have ceased part-time employment since 20th July or since the beginning of the Selective Employment Tax.
§ Mrs. Shirley WilliamsThere are no practicable means of estimating terminations of part-time employment in all its diverse forms by regular, seasonal or occasional-part-time workers. The numbers of unemployed persons seeking only part-time employment through the employment exchange service in recent months have however been very similar to the corresponding numbers in 1965, as the following figures show:—
1965 12th July … … … 9,366 9th August … … … 8,596 13th September … … … 10,032 11th October … … … 11,699 1966 11th July … … … 9,563 8th August … … … 8,797 12th September … … … 9,635 10th October … … … 11,744