Textiles, Clothing and Footwear (Hansard, 25 October 1976)

§ Mr. Noble

asked the Secretary of State for Employment how many workers were on short time in each month of 1973,

(Thousands
						Textiles	Clothing	Footwear
1973—
January	…	…	…	…	…	3.5	0.6	5.5
February	…	…	…	…	…	4.9	1.0	4.0
March	…	…	…	…	…	3.8	0.4	3.4
April	…	…	…	…	…	3.5	0.6	4.4
May	…	…	…	…	…	2.9	0.6	3.7
June	…	…	…	…	…	2.3	0.4	3.3
July	…	…	…	…	…	2.9	0.7	2.1
August	…	…	…	…	…	2.4	0.5	2.6
September	…	…	…	…	…	2.2	0.7	2.3
October	…	…	…	…	…	2.2	0.4	2.5
November	…	…	…	…	…	3.5	0.2	3.0
December	…	…	…	…	…	2.6	0.4	1.9
1974—
January	…	…	…	…	…	157.1	94.2	35.2
February	…	…	…	…	…	146.1	90.6	36.4
March	…	…	…	…	…	31.8	18.0	10.9
April	…	…	…	…	…	7.1	0.8	5.8
May	…	…	…	…	…	4.2	0.6	6.9
June	…	…	…	…	…	2.5	0.7	5.5
July	…	…	…	…	…	3.2	1.2	6.2
August	…	…	…	…	…	5.7	0.9	8.7
September	…	…	…	…	…	8.4	1. 0	14.4
October	…	…	…	…	…	14.2	0.9	13.8
November	…	…	…	…	…	18.2	2.2	13.0
December	…	…	…	…	…	13.3	1.9	13.9
1975—
January	…	…	…	…	…	20.8	6.2	15.3
February	…	…	…	…	…	27.8	7.5	15.1
March	…	…	…	…	…	28.3	8.0	17.3
April	…	…	…	…	…	24.1	9.5	18.8
May	…	…	…	…	…	22.9	9.9	15.3
June	…	…	…	…	…	23.1	7.0	10.9
July	…	…	…	…	…	17.9	5.7	6.6
August	…	…	…	…	…	20.3	8.0	8.3
September	…	…	…	…	…	23.0	10.0	11.4
October	…	…	…	…	…	21.5	13.7	11.8
November	…	…	…	…	…	29.4	11.8	11.9
December	…	…	…	…	…	24.0	6.9	10.5
1976—
January	…	…	…	…	…	180	8.2	11.1
February	…	…	…	…	…	19.5	9.4	10.9
March	…	…	…	…	…	13.3	11.2	12.7
April	…	…	…	…	…	11 .6	9.7	12.9
May	…	…	…	…	…	10.4	8.6	11.7
June	…	…	…	…	…	10.6	6.3	7.8
July	…	…	…	…	…	5.7	6.3	5.6
August	…	…	…	…	…	8.5	3.4	7.4
In June 1974 the method of calculation was changed and figures from that date are not strictly comparable with those for earlier months. Linked figures are not available for individual industries but for all manufacturing industries combined, the numbers on short-time in June 1974 were 25,000 by the method used prior to that date and 27,000 by the method used subsequently.
In January, February and March 1974 the volume of short-time was affected by the energy crisis.

§ Mr. Golding

Following is the information available for Great Britain. It relates only to operatives on short-time working arranged by the employer and does not include time lost because of sickness, holidays or absenteeism.

1974, January 1975 and January and July 1976 in the footwear industry;

(2) how many employees there were in January 1973, January 1974, January 79W 1975 and January and July 1976 in the clothing industry;

(3) how many employees there were in January 1973, January 1974, January 1975 and January and July 1976 in the following sectors of the textiles industry: (a) production of man-made fibres, (b)

EMPLOYEES IN EMPLOYMENT IN GREAT BRITAIN
(Thousands
	January 1973	January 1974	January 1975	January^* 1976	July^* 1976
Footwear (Minimum List Heading 450 of the Standard Industrial Classification).	86.1	85.3	78.5	74.6	73.9
Clothing (MLHs 441–449)	340.3	324.4	316.3	302.3	302.4
Production of man-made fibres (MLH 411).	34.8	37.0	35.7	34.2	33.6
Spinning and weaving of cotton, flax, linen and man-made fibres (MLHs 412–413).	110.9	107.5	102.5	93.0	94.3
Woollen and worsted (MLH 414)	107.9	102.9	90.2	84.4	85.0
Hosiery and other knitted goods (MLH 417).	128.3	124.4	121.3	112.2	116.2
^* Provisional.