HC Deb 03 December 1981 vol 14 c184W
Mrs. Renée Short

asked the Secretary of State for Employment how many employees were being supported under the temporary short-time working compensation in (a) the Wolverhampton employment office area and (b) the West Midlands as a whole at the latest available date.

Mr. Peter Morrison

The number of potentially redundant employees covered by applications current in October 1981 in the Wolverhampton employment office area was 2,120. The figure for the West Midlands as a whole was 28,140.