§ Mr. Rostasked the Secretary of State for Employment what is the latest estimate of the number of man-days being currently lost to production as a result of short-time working.
§ Mr. BoothFor the week ending 17th August 1974, it is estimated that 33,90074W operatives in manufacturing industries in Great Britain were stood off for the whole or some part of the week and a total of 440,300 hours were lost. Assuming an average working day of eight hours the figures are equivalent to a loss of about 55,000 man-days.