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Mr. Frank R. White
asked the Secretary of State for Employment how many employees in Wales, Scotland and all the regions of England are now working on short time.
Mr. Jim Lester
The following table gives the numbers of operatives in manufacturing industries who were on short-time working for the whole or part of the week ended 8 December 1979, the latest date for which figures are available. Information is not available for non-manufacturing industries.
| Wales | 3,900 |
| Scotland | 9,600 |
| South East and East Anglia* | 4,800 |
| South West | 3,700 |
| West Midlands | 16,100 |
| East Midlands | 8,300 |
| Yorkshire and Humberside | 10,200 |
| North West | 7,200 |
| North | 2,500 |
| *Separate figures for South East and East Anglia are not available. | |