§ Mr. Ashleyasked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will list in rank order the 27 industries in the standard classification according to the percentage of the work force on short-time working.
§ Mr. Peter MorrisonInformation is available only for operatives in manufacturing industries. The following table gives, for manufacturing orders of the standard industrial classification, the percentages of operatives in Great Britain who were on short-time working either for the whole or for part of the week ended 15 November 1980, the latest date for which information is available.
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Per cent. Vehicles 22.3 Metal manufacture 20.5 Metal goods not elsewhere specified 18.8 Textiles 15.3 Clothing and footwear 14.9 Other manufacturing industries 14.2 Leather, leather goods and fur 12.9 Mechanical engineering 11.9 Electrical engineering 11.2 Timber, furniture, etc. 10.7 Bricks, pottery, glass, cement, etc. 9.3 Instrument engineering 7.1 Paper, printing and publishing 4.5 Chemicals and allied industries 3.9 Food, drink and tobacco 2.8 Coal and petroleum products 2.3 Shipbuilding and marine engineering 0.7