§ Mr. Greville Jannerasked the Secretary of State for Employment how many workers in Leicester are now on short-time working under the temporary short-time working compensation scheme; and how many he estimates are on short-time working outside that scheme.
§ Mr. Peter MorrisonThere were 8,509 potentially redundant jobs being supported under the temporary short-time working compensation scheme in the Leicester travel-to-work area in December 1980. It is not possible to state how many people in Leicester are on short-time working outside the scheme because statistics of people on short-time working in general are available only for manufacturing industries and then only by standard regions.
May 1979 November 1980 Male Female Total Male Female Total Wolverhampton employment office area 722 498 1,220 1,453 831 2,284 West Midlands region 7,010 3,548 10,558 14,654 6,295 20,949 The figures are not adjusted for seasonal variations.