§ Mr. Dodsworthasked the Secretary of State for Employment what were the numbers of people working five days a week, four days a week, three days a week and less than three days a week, at the latest date for which figures are available.
§ Mr. John Fraser:Information about the number of days that people work during a particular week is not available. However, the monthly statistics of short-time working give an indication of the 275W extent to which operatives in manufacturing industries work for less than their normal week because of short-time working. During the week ended 16th January 1975, about 128,000 operatives were on short-time. Of these, about 5,000 were stood off for the whole of the week and about 123,000 worked for part of the week.
§ Mr. Dodsworthasked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will publish in the Official Report a table listing industries whose employees are working less than five days a week, specifying the number of employees affected in each case.
§ Mr. John Fraser:The precise information requested is not available. However, the monthly statistics give an indication of the extent to which operatives in manufacturing industries in Great Britain work for less than their normal week because of short-time working. An industrial analysis of the data relating to the week ended 18th January 1975 is set out in the following table:
Number of operatives stood off or on short-time working Metal manufacture 6,400 Mechanical engineering 9,400 Electrical engineering 16,300 Shipbuilding and marine engineering 1,000 Vehicles 22,100 Metal goods not elsewhere specified 8,500 Textiles 20,800 Clothing and footwear 21,500 Bricks, pottery, glass, cement, etc 5,600 Timber, furniture, etc 3,900 Paper, printing and publishing 3,700 Other manufacturing industries 9,000 Total, all manufacturing industries 128,200