§ Mr. Meacherasked the Secretary of State for Employment what percentage of the workforce in, respectively, the United Kingdom, the United States of America, each EEC country, Sweden and Japan currently receive paid holidays of less than two weeks, two but less than three weeks, three but less than four weeks, four but less than six weeks, six but less than eight weeks, and more than eight weeks.
§ Mr. Chichester-ClarkI regret that information is not available for countries other than the United Kingdom. The following table gives estimates of the basic annual holiday entitlements of manual workers in the United Kingdom at the end of 1972. The proportion of workers engaged in industries in which there was provision for additional days of holiday because of long service with one employer is estimated to be about one in eight.
Annual Paid Holiday Basic Entitlement at end of 1972 Percentage of workers 2 weeks 8 Between 2 and 3 weeks 16 3 weeks 39 Between 3 and 4 weeks 33 4 weeks or more 4