§ Mr. David Clarkasked the Secretary of State for Employment what is the 62W total number employed in Great Britain; and how many have guaranteed weeks.
§ Mr. Dudley SmithThe estimated number of employees in employment in Great Britain at March, 1971 was 21,970,000, but it is not known how many of these are covered by guaranteed week arrangements.
It is possible, however, to make a broad estimate of the proportion of manual workers covered by collective agreements and statutory wages regulation orders who have some form of guaranteed week. This proportion for the United Kingdom as a whole is about two-thirds.