HC Deb 21 November 1979 vol 974 cc198-201W
Mr. Woolmer

asked the Secretary of State for Employment how many persons were benefiting from each of the various employment subsidy and short-time working schemes in West Yorkshire, classified by industry of employment, at the latest available date.

Mr. Jim Lester

The information requested is given in the schedule below, for 31 October 1979.

Temporary short time compensation scheme Small firms employment subsidy Adult employment subsidy Temporary employment subsidy Short time working compensation scheme Jobs introduction scheme
1. Agriculture forestry, fishing … … … … — — — — — — —
2. Mining and quarrying … … … … — — — — — — —
3. Food drink and tobacco … … … … 24 180 — — — — 204
4. Coal and petroleum products … … … … — 10 — — — — 10
5. Chemicals and allied industries … … … … — 90 1 — — — 91
6. Metal manufacture … … … … — 20 — — — — 20
7. Mechanical engineering … … … … 80 270 4 53 — — 407
8. Instrument engineering … … … … — 30 — 78 — — 108
9. Electrical engineering … … … … — 150 — — — — 150
10. Shipbuilding and marine engineering … … … — 20 — — — — 20
11. Vehicles … … … … — 30 1 — — — 31
12. Metal goods not elsewhere specified … … … — 380 1 14 — — 395
13. Textiles … … … … 3,720 450 — 405 371 1 4,947
14. Leather leather goods and fur … … … … — 20 — 9 — — 29
15. Clothing and footwear … … … … 168 590 3 14 — — 775
16. Bricks pottery glass, cement etc … … … … — 60 1 — — 1 62
17. Timber furniture etc … … … … 20 390 1 30 — — 441
18. Paper, printing and publishing … … … … — 140 — — — — 140
19. Other manufacturing industries … … … … — 150 — 30 — — 180
20. Construction … … … … — — 3 33 — — 36
21. Gas, electricity and water … … … … — — — — — — —
22. Transport and communication … … … … — — 1 — — — 1
23. Distributive trades … … … … — — 4 119 — — 123
24. Insurance, banking, finance and business services … — — — — — — —
25. Professional and scientific services … … … … — — 2 — — 1 3
26. Miscellaneous services … … … … — — 7 — — — 7
Totals 4,012 2,980 29 785 371 3 8,180

Mr. Woolmer

asked the Secretary of State for Employment how many persons were benefiting from the short-time working compensation scheme in West Yorkshire in each month since May.

Mr. Jim Lester

The number of persons benefiting from the temporary short time working compensation scheme, in West Yorkshire, in each month since May was as follows:

Month Number of jobs at risk of redundancy Number of employees working short-time to cover the redundancies
May 733 2,555
June 1,447 3,821
July 1,849 4,931
August 1,919 4,480
September 3,024 7,141
October 4,012 8,962