§ Mr. Winnickasked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will state the total number of those engaged in short-time working schemes in May 1979 and the most recently available figures in (a) the Walsall travel-to-work area (b) the Black Country areas and (c) the West Midlands region.
§ Mr. Peter Morrison[pursuant to his reply, 6 April 1981, c. 200]: The numbers of potentially redundant employees being supported by the temporary short-time working compensation scheme in the areas requested are shown in the following table:—
May 1979 February 1981 Walsall travel-to-work area 12 9,892 Black Country 1,846 40,203 West Midlands 3,604 127,064