§ Mr. John Grantasked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will publish the figures for overtime working for each month since January 1979.
§ Mr. Peter MorrisonThe following table gives for manufacturing industries in Great Britain the numbers of operatives who worked overtime and the numbers of overtime hours worked both on a seasonally adjusted and on an unadjusted basis.
Number of hours of overtime (millions) Week ended Number of operatives (Thousands) Actual Seasonally adjusted 1979 January 13 1,616 13.27 14.80 February 10 1,724 14.71 14.89 March 10 1,834 15.88 15.56 April 7 1,871 16.18 15.94 May 5 1,845 15.52 15.11 June 9 1,821 15.61 15.74 July 7 1,811 1603 15.42 August 4 1,296 11.86 13.57 September 8 1,399 12.57 12.67 October 13 1,684 14.53 14.11 November 10 1,825 15.70 15.07
Unemployment rate Percentage change in unemployment 1972 1980 1972 to 1980 (5) Austria (1) 1.9 1.9 +6 Finland✶ (2) 2.6 4.9 +102 Norway (1) 0.9 1.2 +51 Sweden (3) 2.7 2.0 –20 Switzerland (1) 0.0 0.2 +6,155 Denmark (4) 1.2 6.2 +463 United Kingdom (1) 3.8 7.4 +105 ✶ average of January to October. Source: SOEC Statistical Telegram for Denmark. OECD Main Economic Indicators for remainder (except United Kingdom) supplemented by labour attache reports.
Note:
(1) Numbers registered at employment offices. Rates are calculated as percentages of total employees.
(2) Estimates from labour force survey. Rates are calculated as percentages of civilian labour force.
(3) Estimates from labour force survey. Rates are calculated as percentages of total labour force.
(4) Registered unemployed published by SOEC. Rates are calculated as percentages of the civilian labour force.
(5) The percentage changes are based on the original unemployment figures and are not derived from unemployment rates.