§ Mr. Rookerasked the Secretary of State for Employment what is the full-time job equivalent, assuming a 40-hour week, of the hours of overtime worked 237W in each sector of manufacturing industry at the latest date; and how these figures compare with the numbers of registered unemployed in each sector at a similar date.
§ Mr. GoldingStatistics of overtime relate to hours worked by operatives. The unemployment figures cover all workers, including administrative, technical and
Hours of overtime worked by operatives divided by 40: Week ended 14th August 1976 Unemployed on 12th August 1976 Food, drink and tobacco … … … … 48,200 38,962 Coal and petroleum products … … … … 2,100 2,270 Chemicals and allied industries … … … … 18,000 16,063 Metal manufacture … … … … 28,300 26,079 Mechanical engineering … … … … 46,400 39,752 Instrument engineering … … … … 3,900 4,661 Electrical engineering … … … … 19,500 30,496 Shipbuilding and marine engineering … … … … 13,400 8,332 Vehicles … … … … 29,000 27,079 Metal goods not elsewhere specified … … … … 25,500 36,651 Textiles … … … … 16,800 27,923 Leather, leather goods and fur … … … … 1,400 3,552 Clothing and footwear … … … … 2,200 20,994 Bricks, pottery, glass, cement, etc. … … … … 18,200 14,417 Timber, furniture, etc. … … … … 11,400 16,557 Paper, printing and publishing … … … … 24,900 18,570 Other manufacturing industries … … … … 14,300 17,859