§ Mr. Nicholas Wintertonasked the Secretary of State for Employment what was the total number of unemployed persons, formerly employed in the shirt manufacturing industry, in the Macclesfield constituency for each of the months from February 1974 to June 1976.
§ Mr. GoldingInformation is available for the industry heading Overalls and men's shirts, underwear, etc.—Minimum List Heading 444 of the Standard Industrial Classification—as a whole but not separately for shirt manufacturing. Following is the available information:
NUMBER REGISTERED AS UNEMPLOYED IN THE AREA COVERED BY THE MACCLESFIELD AND CONGLETON EMPLOYMENT OFFICES WHO LAST WORKED IN MLH 444 1974 1975 1976 January … ֵ* 3 February … 1 2 5 March … 1 4 3 April … 1 2 4 May … 1 4 3 June … 1 3 4 July … 1 4 August … 2 5 September … 5 5 October … 1 6 November … 2 5 December … ֵ* 3 * Because of industrial action at local offices of the Employment Service Agency unemployment statistics are not available for December 1975 and January 1976.
§ Mr. Nicholas Wintertonasked the Secretary of State for Employment how many industrial accidents occurred in the
EMPLOYEES IN EMPLOYMENT—FEMALES June 1972 June 1973 Full-time Part-time Full-time Part-time Macclesfield … … … 7,200 3,300 7,300 3,800 Congleton … … … 3,100 1,100 3,100 1,200