§ Mr. Goldingasked 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 MorrisonStatistics 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.
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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