§ Mr. Woolmerasked the Secretary of State for Employment how many workers were covered by the temporary short-time working compensation scheme at the latest available date; and what was the industrial sector breakdown of those workers.
§ Mr. Peter MorrisonThe following table gives the figures requested:
October 1981 Sic ord and Industry Number of potentially redundant jobs Number of workers sharing short-time 1. Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing 111 154 2. Mining and Quarrying 104 441 3. Food, Drink and Tobacco 4,229 6,225 4. Coal and Petroleum 160 308 5. Chemicals and Allied Industries 2,356 3,270 6. Metal Manufacture 18,508 30,126 7. Mechanical Engineering 27,340 55,386 8. Instrument Engineering 1,752 3,855 9. Electrical Engineering 15,771 32,343 10. Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering 269 406 11. Vehicles 22,439 55,791 12. Metal Goods not elsewhere specified 24,229 44,430 13. Textiles 12,149 19,485 14. Leather, Leather Goods and Fur 769 1,804 15. Clothing and Footwear 13,527 20,403 16. Bricks, Pottery, Glass, Cement etc. 5,870 18,910 17. Timber, Furniture etc. 4,042 5,390 18. Paper, Printing and Publishing 3,848 5,423 19. Other Manufacturing Industries 5,298 14,974 20. Construction 2,503 3,006 21. Gas, Electricity and Water 63 77 22. Transport and Communication 902 1,865 23. Distributive Trades 2,535 4,510 24. Insurance, Banking, Finance and Business Services 101 334 25. Professional and Scientific Services 242 403 26. Miscellaneous Services 526 787 27. Public Administration and Defence — — Total Great Britain 169,643 330,106
§ Mr. Woolmerasked the Secretary of State for Employment what was the industrial sector breakdown of 137W the number of workers covered by the short-time working compensation scheme in November 1979 and in November 1980.
§ Mr. Peter MorrisonThe figures for November 1979 are not comparable with November 1980 figures because
April 1980 November 1980 SIC Order and Industry Number of Potentially Redundant Jobs Number of Workers Number of Potentially Redundant Jobs Number of Workers 1 Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing 12 12 60 105 2 Mining and Quarrying — — 19 36 3 Food, Drink and Tobacco 1,570 2,138 1,151 1,664 4 Coal and Petroleum Products — — 520 918 5 Chemicals and Allied Industries 113 121 3,381 6,745 6 Metal Manufacture 966 1,649 40,115 93,136 7 Mechanical Engineering 2,083 4,588 16,131 39,381 8 Instrument Engineering 1,085 1,052 1,301 3,537 9 Electrical Engineering 2,487 7,599 17,957 48,089 10 Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering 870 1,558 2,201 3,524 11 Vehicles 3,562 7,950 36,836 89,929 12 Metal Goods not elsewhere specified 1,929 4,478 29,018 69,555 13 Textiles 15,582 25,315 33,113 54,326 14 Leather, Leather Goods and Fur 1.231 1,699 1,758 2,868 15 Clothing and Footwear 11,427 19,878 21,110 35,573 16 Bricks, Pottery, Glass, Cement etc. 2,263 4,147 5,422 13,439 17 Timber, Furniture etc. 3,298 6,831 7,766 11,547 18 Paper, Printing and Publishing 742 1,309 2,288 3,997 19 Other Manufacturing Industries 347 859 5,398 11,169 20 Construction 170 330 1,084 1,716 21 Gas, Electricity and Water — — 101 273 22 Transport and Communication 36 30 661 1,127 23 Distributive Trades 230 669 3,220 9,291 24 Insurance, Banking, Finance and Business Services — — 204 404 25 Professional and Scientific Services — — 32 44 26 Miscellaneous Services 431 533 3,734 4,445 27 Public Administration and Defence — — — — Total Great Britain 50,434 92,745 234,581 506,838
§ Mr. Woolmerasked the Secretary of State for Employment what was the number of workers for each county area who were covered by the short-time working compensation scheme at the latest available date.
§ Mr. Peter MorrisonI regret that the statistics in the form requested are not readily available and could be extracted only at disproportionate cost. However the following table shows the figures requested for each region of Great Britain:
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Region October 1981 Number of Potentially Redundant Jobs Number of Workers Sharing Short-Time Working Northern 4,786 6,756 Yorkshire and Humberside 27,224 51,463 Midlands 61,945 124,539 North-West 29,321 56,098 London 3,817 6,708 South-East 16,820 35,263 South-West 6,211 10,284 Wales 12,042 21,604 Scotland 7,477 17,391 Total for Great Britain 169,643 330,106 of changes made from April 1980 in the method of calculating people helped under the scheme. The following table, for Great Britain, therefore shows the figures for April 1980 and November 1980.