HC Deb 18 January 1982 vol 16 cc2-3W
Mr. Golding

asked the Secretary of State for Employment how many workers were working short time in each of the last 24 months; and for how many the short-time working compensation scheme allowance was payable.

Mr. Peter Morrison

Statistics on short-time working are available only for operatives in manufacturing industries and are published monthly inEmployment Gazette at table 1.11. The following table, for Great Britain, shows for April 1980 to November 1981 the numbers of short-time workers receiving support under the temporary short-time working compensation scheme. It is related to employees, including operatives, in all industries and services. Figures for December 1979 to March 1980 are not comparable with subsequent figures because of changes made from April 1980 in the method of calculating the numbers of people helped under the scheme.

Numbers of workers sharing short-time in claims that were submitted for payment
Month
1980
April 93, 100
May 110, 971
June 126, 873
July 198, 377
August 154, 110
September 236, 439

Month
October 412, 323
November 509, 533
December 595, 513
1981
January 679, 859
February 961, 985
March 984, 358
April 711, 610
May 687, 617
June 557, 381
July 442, 382
August 370, 096
September 319, 563
October 330, 456
November 268, 485