§ Mr. Woolmerasked the Secretary of State for Employment what estimates he has made of the extent to which entitlement to the temporary short-time working scheme is actually taken up by firms granted approval for an application under the scheme.
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Total unemployed Number *Percentage rate March 1981 6,025 6.8 March 1982 6,680 9.0
Unemployed aged under 18 years January 1981 500 January 1982 819
Unemployed Number ethnic minority February 1981 800 February 1982 809 * Greater London.