§ Mr. Greville Jannerasked the Secretary of State for Employment how many appointments have been made, and how many appointments will be made, to industrial tribunals, as a result of new jurisdiction conferred upon them by reason of the Industrial Relations Act, 1971.
§ Mr. Dudley SmithThere are at present a full-time President of the Industrial Tribunals in England and Wales, 12 full-time chairmen and a number of
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Registered unemployed Temporarily stopped included in total Percentage rates Men Boys Women Girls Total Males Females Total November, 1971 (provisional) Ashford … … 529 23 83 34 669 23 4.0 1.5 3.1 Troon (including Barassie) … 119 3 23 4 149 — 6.5 2.7 5.1 Crewe … … 834 53 210 49 1,146 6 3.9 2.1 3.3 Derby … … 3,392 141 652 80 4,265 — 4.4 1.9 3.6 Doncaster … 3,554 352 698 266 4,870 9 7.6 3.5 6.3 Eastleigh … … 329 39 67 23 458 — 4.8 1.6 3.7 Glasgow … … 27,973 1,965 4,029 885 34,852 216 10.7 2.6 7.5 Horwich … … 193 3 42 2 240 1 6.6 1.5 4.5 Shildon … … 228 — 29 — 257 4 9.8 2.8 7.3 Swindon … … 2,425 118 295 73 2,911 449 5.9 1.5 4.3 Stratford (including Temple Mills) … 1,046 — 65 — 1,111 15 2.6 0.6 1.8 Wolverton … 143 — 40 — 183 — 1.8 1.0 1.5 York … … 1,807 62 276 40 2,185 1 4.4 1.1 3.0 Worcester … 1,886 44 192 25 2,147 797 6.7 1.1 4.4 part-time chairmen. In Scotland, the President and the chairmen are part-time. Another 11 full-time chairmen have been appointed in England and Wales and will take up their duties in the near future, and further appointments of full-time and part-time chairmen will be made as the circumstances require. In Scotland, the President will shortly take up full-time duties and there will be one full-time chairman and some additional part-time chairmen.
The Industrial Tribunals at present have about 300 lay members. It is proposed to recruit a considerable number of additional members, according to the needs of the Tribunals.