§ Mr. Frank R. Whiteasked the Secretary of State for Employment how many 524W employees in Wales, Scotland and all the regions of England are now working on short time.
§ Mr. Jim LesterThe following table gives the numbers of operatives in manufacturing industries who were on short-time working for the whole or part of the week ended 8 December 1979, the latest date for which figures are available. Information is not available for non-manufacturing industries.
Wales 3,900 Scotland 9,600 South East and East Anglia* 4,800 South West 3,700 West Midlands 16,100 East Midlands 8,300 Yorkshire and Humberside 10,200 North West 7,200 North 2,500 *Separate figures for South East and East Anglia are not available.