§ Mr. Cartwrightasked the Secretary of State for Employment how many firms in (a) Greater London as a whole and (b) South-East London are receiving assistance under the temporary short-time compensation scheme; and how many employees are involved in each case.
§ Mr. Jim LesterIn the Greater London area 6,924 workers were working short-time under the temporary short-time working compensation scheme in October 1980 to save 3,132 potentially redundant jobs. I regret that it is not possible to provide separate figures for South-East London.