Engineering (Hansard, 18 July 1989)

§ 47. Mr. Cousins
To ask the Secretary of State for Employment what are the average hours of full-time workers in the engineering industry including overtime.

§ Mr. Lee
The latest available information, for April 1988, is published in table X2, part B of the 1988 new earnings survey report. A copy of the report is in the Library.

§ Mr. Cousins
To ask the Secretary of State for Employment what are the average numbers of hours of work of full-time employees in the engineering industry in each year since 1980.

§ Mr. Nicholls
Estimates compiled from the new earnings survey are provided in the table. Data on a consistent industry classification basis are not available prior to 1982.

Average total weekly hours¹ Engineering industry²—Great Britain

April Hours

1982 40.9

1983 41.1

1984 41.6

1985 41.8

1986 41.9

1987 41.9

1988 42.3

¹ Full time employees on adult rates of pay whose earnings in the survey week were not affected by absence. However, 1982 relates to males aged 21 and over and females aged 18 and over.

² Covers Standard Industrial Classification (1980) Classes 32 (Mechanical Engineering), 33 (Manufacture of Office Equipment and Data Processing Equipment), 34 (Electrical and Electronic Engineering) and 37 (Instrument Engineering).

Average total weekly hours¹ Engineering industry²—Great Britain
April	Hours
1982	40.9
1983	41.1
1984	41.6
1985	41.8
1986	41.9
1987	41.9
1988	42.3
¹ Full time employees on adult rates of pay whose earnings in the survey week were not affected by absence. However, 1982 relates to males aged 21 and over and females aged 18 and over.
² Covers Standard Industrial Classification (1980) Classes 32 (Mechanical Engineering), 33 (Manufacture of Office Equipment and Data Processing Equipment), 34 (Electrical and Electronic Engineering) and 37 (Instrument Engineering).