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RETEX
Mr. Nicholas Winterton : To ask the President of the Board of Trade if he will make a statement about the details of the European Community's RETEX initiative, and indicate what action he is taking to ensure that regions of the United Kingdom are considered for assistance under this project.
Mr. Sainsbury [holding answer 29 June 1992] : The European Commission has decided that grants under the RETEX initiative, for regions heavily dependent on the textiles and clothing sector, should be available only within areas designated for objective 1, 2 and 5(b) of the structural funds. Macclesfield is not so designated. The Commission has asked the Government to decide by 4 December 1992 which parts of the designated areas should receive RETEX grants.
Expo 92
Mr. Steen : To ask the President of the Board of Trade (1) what wines are available for sale at the Expo 92 in Seville in () restaurants, (b) cafeterias and (c) other outlets, from (i) Great Britain, (ii) other EC countries and (iii) countries outside the EC ; and what instructions have been given to the caterers Lyonhart with a view to them marketing and selling English wine in the British pavilion ;
(2) if he will arrange for English wine to be displayed in the British pavilion at Expo 92 in Seville with a statement on where it can be bought in the pavilion ; and if he will make it readily available in the main restaurant, and all other food and cafeteria outlets in the British pavilion.
Mr. Needham [holding answer 29 June 1992] : The catering concessionaires, Lionheart Catering Ltd., have been instructed to make a range of English wines available in the British pavilion, and the following are on sale there :
Bruisyard 1990, Bruisyard Wines
Fume 1990, Thames Valley Vineyard
Noble Bacchus 1990, Chiltern Valley
Pinot Noir, Thames Valley Vineyard
Staple St. James 1989, Staple Vineyard
Three Choirs 1990, Three Choirs Vineyard
Wooton 1990, Gillespie, North Wooton
The availability of these wines is promoted by means of product displays in the restaurants and behind the bar in the British pavilion at Expo 92 together with the wine list and notices stating that they are for sale. It would entail disproportionate cost to identify all the other wines on sale at Expo 92.
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Mr. Steen : To ask the President of the Board of Trade (1) if English wine was used at the British national day reception in May in the British pavilion, at Expo 92 ;
(2) if English wine has been served at all the receptions given by the Government and Government officials in the British pavilion at Expo 92 ; and if he will make it his policy to ensure British wine is served at all future receptions.
Mr. Needham [holding answer 29 June 1992] : Now that a range of still English wines has been supplied, we shall continue to serve one or more of them at all functions hosted by the Government and Government officials in the British pavilion at Expo 92. English wine was not used at the British national day reception in May in the British pavilion because no English sparkling wine suitable for this occasion was available from the catering concessionaire.
Mr. Steen : To ask the President of the Board of Trade if he will arrange for all Spanish wine for sale and consumption to be removed from the British pavilion at Expo 92.
Mr. Needham [holding answer 29 June 1992] : No. Although I have insisted that the catering concessionaire makes available a range of English wines, this alone does not provide the choice of price and varieties required to run a commercial operation.
Mr. Steen : To ask the President of the Board of Trade (1) what assessment he has made of the consequences for English wines and English sparkling wines of Bollinger champagne's sponsorship in the British pavilion at Expo 92 ;
(2) for what reasons it has been decided not to make the English white sparkling wine which was selected by the caterers who have the concession for catering at the Expo 92 available for sale in the British pavilion.
Mr. Needham [holding answer 29 June 1992] : Bollinger champagne's sponsorship in the British pavilion at Expo 92 was assessed to have no direct consequences for English wines or English sparkling wines because these products are in rather different market sectors. The catering concessionaire for the British pavilion did not include a sparkling wine in its selection of English wines.
EMPLOYMENT
Industrial Tribunals
Mr. Janner : To ask the Secretary of State for Employment how many complaints were made to industrial tribunals in each of the last five years for which records are available ; how many and what percentage involved (a) unfair dismissal, (b) redundancy rights, (c) maternity rights, (d) equal pay, (e) sex discrimination, (f) race discrimination, (g) trade union discrimination or (h) other matters ; how many and what percentage of such claims were settled before the hearing ; how many and what percentage reached a hearing ; and how many and what percentage were successful.
Mr. McLoughlin : The tables set out information available on cases dealt with for the five years up to end of 31 March 1991. The first table shows all applications dealt with within each jurisdiction, and the following tables give a breakdown of the outcomes of each jurisdiction.
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|c|Breakdown of jurisdictions dealt with|c|
1990-91 1989-90 1988-89 1987-88 1986-87
|Number |Per cent.|Number |Per cent.|Number |Per cent.|Number |Per cent.|Number |Per cent.
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Unfair dismissal |19,183 |53.6 |17,714 |55.6 |17,435 |59.5 |20,673 |60.4 |27,787 |70.5
Redundancy rights |5,262 |14.7 |4,049 |12.7 |3,375 |11.5 |3,594 |10.5 |5,906 |15.0
Maternity rights |48 |0.1 |44 |0.1 |96 |0.3 |137 |0.4 |223 |0.6
Equal pay |508 |1.4 |397 |1.2 |813 |2.8 |1,043 |3.1 |517 |1.3
Sex discrimination |1,078 |3.0 |1,046 |3.3 |935 |3.2 |691 |2.0 |612 |1.6
Race discrimination |926 |2.6 |939 |2.9 |839 |2.9 |709 |2.0 |672 |1.7
Trade union discrimination<1>324 |0.9 |340 |1.1 |343 |1.2 |4,128 |12.1 |1,436 |3.6
Trade union discrimination<2>128 |0.3 |237 |0.7 |133 |0.4 |390 |1.1 |111 |0.3
Other |8,369 |23.4 |7,147 |22.4 |5,348 |18.2 |2,868 |8.4 |2,140
TOTAL |35,826 |31,913 |29,317 |34,233 |39,404
(i) Other Matters
|Settled |Percentage |Reached full |Percentage |Successful at|Percentage
|hearing |hearing
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1990-91 |4,911 |(58.7) |7,147 |(30.9) |1,433 |(17.1)
1989-90 |4,894 |(68.5) |2,027 |(28.4) |1,035 |(14.5)
1988-89 |4,089 |(76.5) |1,031 |(19.3) |566 |(10.6)
1987-88 |1,960 |(68.3) |812 |(28.3) |294 |(10.2)
1986-87 |1,515 |(70.8) |623 |(29.1) |294 |(13.7)
Key:
UD - Unfair dismissalexcludes dismissals on grounds of pregnancy, trade union membership or activities, or
non-membership.
Red - Redundancy rightsincludes claims for redundancy payments and redundancy provisions of Employment
Protection Act 1975.
Mat - Maternity rightsincludes maternity pay, dismissal on grounds of pregnancy and refusal of right to return
to work after maternity absence, but excludes time off for ante-natal care.
EqP - Equal Pay.
SD - Sex discrimination.
RD - Race discrimination.
TU(1) - Trade union discrimination: dismissals on grounds of trade union membership or activities, or
non-membership.
TU(2) - Trade union discrimination: action short of dismissalexcludes time off for trade union duties and
activities.
(i) Other Matters
|Settled |Percentage |Reached full |Percentage |Successful at|Percentage
|hearing |hearing
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
1990-91 |4,911 |(58.7) |7,147 |(30.9) |1,433 |(17.1)
1989-90 |4,894 |(68.5) |2,027 |(28.4) |1,035 |(14.5)
1988-89 |4,089 |(76.5) |1,031 |(19.3) |566 |(10.6)
1987-88 |1,960 |(68.3) |812 |(28.3) |294 |(10.2)
1986-87 |1,515 |(70.8) |623 |(29.1) |294 |(13.7)
Key:
UD - Unfair dismissalexcludes dismissals on grounds of pregnancy, trade union membership or activities, or
non-membership.
Red - Redundancy rightsincludes claims for redundancy payments and redundancy provisions of Employment
Protection Act 1975.
Mat - Maternity rightsincludes maternity pay, dismissal on grounds of pregnancy and refusal of right to return
to work after maternity absence, but excludes time off for ante-natal care.
EqP - Equal Pay.
SD - Sex discrimination.
RD - Race discrimination.
TU(1) - Trade union discrimination: dismissals on grounds of trade union membership or activities, or
non-membership.
TU(2) - Trade union discrimination: action short of dismissalexcludes time off for trade union duties and
activities.
(i) Other Matters
|Settled |Percentage |Reached full |Percentage |Successful at|Percentage
|hearing |hearing
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1990-91 |4,911 |(58.7) |7,147 |(30.9) |1,433 |(17.1)
1989-90 |4,894 |(68.5) |2,027 |(28.4) |1,035 |(14.5)
1988-89 |4,089 |(76.5) |1,031 |(19.3) |566 |(10.6)
1987-88 |1,960 |(68.3) |812 |(28.3) |294 |(10.2)
1986-87 |1,515 |(70.8) |623 |(29.1) |294 |(13.7)
Key:
UD - Unfair dismissalexcludes dismissals on grounds of pregnancy, trade union membership or activities, or
non-membership.
Red - Redundancy rightsincludes claims for redundancy payments and redundancy provisions of Employment
Protection Act 1975.
Mat - Maternity rightsincludes maternity pay, dismissal on grounds of pregnancy and refusal of right to return
to work after maternity absence, but excludes time off for ante-natal care.
EqP - Equal Pay.
SD - Sex discrimination.
RD - Race discrimination.
TU(1) - Trade union discrimination: dismissals on grounds of trade union membership or activities, or
non-membership.
TU(2) - Trade union discrimination: action short of dismissalexcludes time off for trade union duties and
activities.
(i) Other Matters
|Settled |Percentage |Reached full |Percentage |Successful at|Percentage
|hearing |hearing
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1990-91 |4,911 |(58.7) |7,147 |(30.9) |1,433 |(17.1)
1989-90 |4,894 |(68.5) |2,027 |(28.4) |1,035 |(14.5)
1988-89 |4,089 |(76.5) |1,031 |(19.3) |566 |(10.6)
1987-88 |1,960 |(68.3) |812 |(28.3) |294 |(10.2)
1986-87 |1,515 |(70.8) |623 |(29.1) |294 |(13.7)
Key:
UD - Unfair dismissalexcludes dismissals on grounds of pregnancy, trade union membership or activities, or
non-membership.
Red - Redundancy rightsincludes claims for redundancy payments and redundancy provisions of Employment
Protection Act 1975.
Mat - Maternity rightsincludes maternity pay, dismissal on grounds of pregnancy and refusal of right to return
to work after maternity absence, but excludes time off for ante-natal care.
EqP - Equal Pay.
SD - Sex discrimination.
RD - Race discrimination.
TU(1) - Trade union discrimination: dismissals on grounds of trade union membership or activities, or
non-membership.
TU(2) - Trade union discrimination: action short of dismissalexcludes time off for trade union duties and
activities.
(i) Other Matters
|Settled |Percentage |Reached full |Percentage |Successful at|Percentage
|hearing |hearing
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1990-91 |4,911 |(58.7) |7,147 |(30.9) |1,433 |(17.1)
1989-90 |4,894 |(68.5) |2,027 |(28.4) |1,035 |(14.5)
1988-89 |4,089 |(76.5) |1,031 |(19.3) |566 |(10.6)
1987-88 |1,960 |(68.3) |812 |(28.3) |294 |(10.2)
1986-87 |1,515 |(70.8) |623 |(29.1) |294 |(13.7)
Key:
UD - Unfair dismissalexcludes dismissals on grounds of pregnancy, trade union membership or activities, or
non-membership.
Red - Redundancy rightsincludes claims for redundancy payments and redundancy provisions of Employment
Protection Act 1975.
Mat - Maternity rightsincludes maternity pay, dismissal on grounds of pregnancy and refusal of right to return
to work after maternity absence, but excludes time off for ante-natal care.
EqP - Equal Pay.
SD - Sex discrimination.
RD - Race discrimination.
TU(1) - Trade union discrimination: dismissals on grounds of trade union membership or activities, or
non-membership.
TU(2) - Trade union discrimination: action short of dismissalexcludes time off for trade union duties and
activities.
(i) Other Matters
|Settled |Percentage |Reached full |Percentage |Successful at|Percentage
|hearing |hearing
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
1990-91 |4,911 |(58.7) |7,147 |(30.9) |1,433 |(17.1)
1989-90 |4,894 |(68.5) |2,027 |(28.4) |1,035 |(14.5)
1988-89 |4,089 |(76.5) |1,031 |(19.3) |566 |(10.6)
1987-88 |1,960 |(68.3) |812 |(28.3) |294 |(10.2)
1986-87 |1,515 |(70.8) |623 |(29.1) |294 |(13.7)
Key:
UD - Unfair dismissalexcludes dismissals on grounds of pregnancy, trade union membership or activities, or
non-membership.
Red - Redundancy rightsincludes claims for redundancy payments and redundancy provisions of Employment
Protection Act 1975.
Mat - Maternity rightsincludes maternity pay, dismissal on grounds of pregnancy and refusal of right to return
to work after maternity absence, but excludes time off for ante-natal care.
EqP - Equal Pay.
SD - Sex discrimination.
RD - Race discrimination.
TU(1) - Trade union discrimination: dismissals on grounds of trade union membership or activities, or
non-membership.
TU(2) - Trade union discrimination: action short of dismissalexcludes time off for trade union duties and
activities.
(i) Other Matters
|Settled |Percentage |Reached full |Percentage |Successful at|Percentage
|hearing |hearing
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
1990-91 |4,911 |(58.7) |7,147 |(30.9) |1,433 |(17.1)
1989-90 |4,894 |(68.5) |2,027 |(28.4) |1,035 |(14.5)
1988-89 |4,089 |(76.5) |1,031 |(19.3) |566 |(10.6)
1987-88 |1,960 |(68.3) |812 |(28.3) |294 |(10.2)
1986-87 |1,515 |(70.8) |623 |(29.1) |294 |(13.7)
Key:
UD - Unfair dismissalexcludes dismissals on grounds of pregnancy, trade union membership or activities, or
non-membership.
Red - Redundancy rightsincludes claims for redundancy payments and redundancy provisions of Employment
Protection Act 1975.
Mat - Maternity rightsincludes maternity pay, dismissal on grounds of pregnancy and refusal of right to return
to work after maternity absence, but excludes time off for ante-natal care.
EqP - Equal Pay.
SD - Sex discrimination.
RD - Race discrimination.
TU(1) - Trade union discrimination: dismissals on grounds of trade union membership or activities, or
non-membership.
TU(2) - Trade union discrimination: action short of dismissalexcludes time off for trade union duties and
activities.
(i) Other Matters
|Settled |Percentage |Reached full |Percentage |Successful at|Percentage
|hearing |hearing
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
1990-91 |4,911 |(58.7) |7,147 |(30.9) |1,433 |(17.1)
1989-90 |4,894 |(68.5) |2,027 |(28.4) |1,035 |(14.5)
1988-89 |4,089 |(76.5) |1,031 |(19.3) |566 |(10.6)
1987-88 |1,960 |(68.3) |812 |(28.3) |294 |(10.2)
1986-87 |1,515 |(70.8) |623 |(29.1) |294 |(13.7)
Key:
UD - Unfair dismissalexcludes dismissals on grounds of pregnancy, trade union membership or activities, or
non-membership.
Red - Redundancy rightsincludes claims for redundancy payments and redundancy provisions of Employment
Protection Act 1975.
Mat - Maternity rightsincludes maternity pay, dismissal on grounds of pregnancy and refusal of right to return
to work after maternity absence, but excludes time off for ante-natal care.
EqP - Equal Pay.
SD - Sex discrimination.
RD - Race discrimination.
TU(1) - Trade union discrimination: dismissals on grounds of trade union membership or activities, or
non-membership.
TU(2) - Trade union discrimination: action short of dismissalexcludes time off for trade union duties and
activities.
(i) Other Matters
|Settled |Percentage |Reached full |Percentage |Successful at|Percentage
|hearing |hearing
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
1990-91 |4,911 |(58.7) |7,147 |(30.9) |1,433 |(17.1)
1989-90 |4,894 |(68.5) |2,027 |(28.4) |1,035 |(14.5)
1988-89 |4,089 |(76.5) |1,031 |(19.3) |566 |(10.6)
1987-88 |1,960 |(68.3) |812 |(28.3) |294 |(10.2)
1986-87 |1,515 |(70.8) |623 |(29.1) |294 |(13.7)
Key:
UD - Unfair dismissalexcludes dismissals on grounds of pregnancy, trade union membership or activities, or
non-membership.
Red - Redundancy rightsincludes claims for redundancy payments and redundancy provisions of Employment
Protection Act 1975.
Mat - Maternity rightsincludes maternity pay, dismissal on grounds of pregnancy and refusal of right to return
to work after maternity absence, but excludes time off for ante-natal care.
EqP - Equal Pay.
SD - Sex discrimination.
RD - Race discrimination.
TU(1) - Trade union discrimination: dismissals on grounds of trade union membership or activities, or
non-membership.
TU(2) - Trade union discrimination: action short of dismissalexcludes time off for trade union duties and
activities.
Equal Opportunities
Mr. Janner : To ask the Secretary of State for Employment how many and what percentage of officers in grades, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7 respectively and overall in her Department are women.
Mr. McLoughlin : Overall, the Department employs 41,555 women who comprise 66.5 per cent. of the total staff. Information on the numbers and percentages of women in grades 1 to 7 is set out in the table.
|c|Women in the employment department group (grades 1-7)|c| |c|at 1 April 1992|c| Grade |Number |Percentage -------------------------------------------- Grade 1 |0 (of 2) |0 Grade 2 |1 |20 Grade 3 |2 |7.1 Grade 4 |0 (of 15) |0 Grade 5 |21.5 |15.6 Grade 6 |30.5 |13.4 Grade 7 |151.5 |15.6 The numbers shown are full-time equivalents i.e. part-time staff counted as 0.5 staff units.
Mr. Leighton : To ask the Secretary of State for Employment what measurable progress has been made in improving the position of women since she became Secretary of State.
Mr. McLoughlin : I refer the hon. Member to the reply my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State gave him on 20 May 1992, Official Report, column 163.
Training
Mr. Bayley : To ask the Secretary of State for Employment if she will give (a) in cash terms and (b) in real terms at 1991-92 prices the amount of money her Department provided for training in North Yorkshire in 1989-90, 1990-91 and 1991-92 ; and the amount of money it has allocated for training in North Yorkshire in 1992-93.
Mr. McLoughlin : The information is not available in the format requested.
Figures for north Yorkshire for 1989-90 are not available as the area covered by the former Training Agency Leeds area office and the North Yorkshire training and enterprise council (TEC) are not comparable.
Since 25 June 1990, training in north Yorkshire has been the reponsibility of North Yorkshire TEC.
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I am not at present in a position to give the corresponding information for 1992-93.The information for 1990-91 and 1991-92 is shown in the table.
|c|North Yorkshire TEC budget
allocations 1990-91|c|
|c|and at 1991-92 prices|c|
|c|£ millions|c|
1990-1 Budget 1991-92 Budget
Cash |1991-92|Prices |Cash
|Prices |Prices
----------------------------------------
9.90 |10.59 |15.79 |15.79
Note:Budget figures are from when North
Yorkshire TEC became operational on 25
June 1990.
Mr. Malcolm Bruce : To ask the Secretary of State for Employment what proportion of the Training and Enterprise Council budget is being spent on training for the long-term unemployed.
Mr. McLoughlin : Training for long-term unemployed people and other eligible groups is provided through Employment Training (ET). The sum of £798 million is planned to be spent on ET in Great Britain in 1992-93. This is just over one third of total planned expenditure of some £2,200 million on labour market programmes delivered by training and enterprise councils (TECs) and local enterprise companies (LECs). Some 70 per cent. of ET starts were previously unemployed for six months or longer. No precise estimate of the amount spent on long-term unemployed people on ET is available, but it is unlikely to be lower than 70 per cent. of the total ET budget.
Training is not always the most appropriate way of meeting the needs of unemployed and long-term unemployed people. The Government therefore provide a range of other help which is delivered by TECs/LECs, including the employment action programme and help for those wishing to become self- employed, as well as a range of programmes including jobclubs delivered by the Employment Service.
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Ms. Short : To ask the Secretary of State for Employment how many training credits have been issued in the pilot areas to young people ; how many young people have taken them up ; what other information she has on the take up of credits in those areas ; and if she will make a statement.
Mr. McLoughlin : In 1991-92, the first year of operation, it is provisionally estimated that training and enterprise councils and one local enterprise company issued--using different issuing criteria--about 42,000 training credits to young people in the 11 pilot areas in Great Britain. Of these, about 21,400 actually began training using their credit. It is estimated that about 60 per cent. of 16 and 17-year-olds entering the labour market in the pilot areas have begun to use their training credits.
Ms. Short : To ask the Secretary of State for Employment if she will publish the budget agreed with each training and enterprise council in England and Wales for 1992-93, broken down into the five major expenditure blocks ; and if she will make a statement.
Mr. McLoughlin : I am not at present in a position to give the information on the budget allocations for 1992-93 for each training and enterprise council in England.
Information for Wales is for my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Wales to answer.
Ms. Short : To ask the Secretary of State for Employment what is the latest available information she has on the characteristics of those who have entered employment training showing (a) whether male or female, (b) duration of unemployment, (c) ethnic origin and (d) whether they have a disability, broken down for each region and for Great Britain as a whole.
Mr. McLoughlin : The information requested is in the table.
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|c|Employment training characteristics of entrants|c|
|c|October 1991 to December 1991|c|
Percentage figures
Unemployment duration (months) Ethnic origin<1> People
with disabilities<2>
Region |Men |Women |0 - 5 |6 - 12 |13 - 23|24 + |1 |2 |3 |4 |5 |Yes |No
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South-East |67 |33 |23 |53 |13 |12 |93 |2 |3 |1 |1 |11 |89
London |57 |43 |24 |46 |14 |16 |52 |28 |11 |6 |3 |6 |94
South-West |70 |30 |31 |47 |12 |10 |95 |2 |1 |1 |1 |11 |89
West Midlands |71 |29 |23 |48 |13 |16 |84 |6 |8 |1 |1 |10 |90
East Midlands and Eastern68 |32 |29 |45 |14 |13 |89 |3 |6 |1 |1 |12 |88
Yorkshire and Humberside70 |30 |35 |39 |11 |14 |91 |2 |4 |1 |1 |9 |91
North-West |68 |32 |37 |35 |11 |17 |92 |2 |3 |1 |1 |8 |92
Northern |72 |28 |26 |43 |14 |17 |97 |<3> |1 |1 |1 |9 |91
Wales |69 |31 |37 |39 |11 |13 |95 |1 |1 |1 |2 |11 |89
Scotland |67 |33 |36 |34 |11 |19 |97 |<3> |<3> |1 |1 |9 |91
Great Britain |68 |32 |31 |42 |12 |15 |88 |5 |4 |2 |1 |9 |91
Notes:
All figures are percentages, figures may not total 100 because of rounding.
<1>Ethnic origin: 1White, 2Black/African/Caribbean, 3Indian/Pakistan/Bangladeshi/Sri Lankan, 4None of these, 5Prefer not to say.
<2>People with disabilities. These trainees answering whether they had a long-term health problem or disability which affected the type of
work they could do.
<3>Less than 0.5 per cent.
Source:ET starts database.
Ms. Short : To ask the Secretary of State for Employment if she will give the best information she has
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for Great Britain and for each standard region on the numbers of output-related payments made to training and enterprise councils for each national vocational qualification level for youth training and employment training, and the number of output-related payments made to training and enterprise councils for job entries for employment training ; and if she will make a statement.Mr. McLoughlin : The information relating to England and Wales is provided in the table and represents the latest available payments made during the 1991-92 operating year. Information relating to Scotland is for my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Scotland to answer.
The figures relate to TECs only and do not represent full years for London and north-west as not all TECs in these regions were operational at 1 April 1992.
|c|South-East|c|
|Volume
-----------------------------------
Youth training
NVQ level 1 |123
NVQ level 2 |4,322
NVQ level 3-4 |1,169
Employment training
ORF CAT A |4,134
ORF CAT B |1,893
ORF CAT C |243
ORF CAT D |104
ORF CAT E |23
Total ET Job Entries |4,261
Note:
The definitions for the ET ORF
Categories is as follows:
|c|London|c|
|Volume
-----------------------------------
Youth training
NVQ level 1 |420
NVQ level 2 |1,433
NVQ level 3-4 |456
Employment training
ORF CAT A |2,675
ORF CAT B |3,466
ORF CAT C |496
ORF CAT D |111
ORF CAT E |18
Total ET Job Entries |2,804
Note:
The definitions for the ET ORF
Categories is as follows:
|c|South-West|c|
|Volume
-----------------------------------
Youth training
NVQ level 1 |294
NVQ level 2 |5,146
NVQ level 3-4 |2,538
Employment training
ORF CAT A |3,290
ORF CAT B |2,309
ORF CAT C |132
ORF CAT D |59
ORF CAT E |2
Total ET Job Entries |3,351
Note:
The definitions for the ET ORF
Categories is as follows:
|c|West Midlands|c|
|Volume
Youth training
NVQ level 1 |195
NVQ level 2 |4,813
NVQ level 3-4 |1,201
Employment training
ORF CAT A |3,154
ORF CAT B |3,186
ORF CAT C |210
ORF CAT D |61
ORF CAT E |5
Total ET Job Entries |3,220
Note:
The definitions for the ET ORF Categories is as follows:
|c|East Midlands|c|
|Volume
-----------------------------------
Youth training
NVQ level 1 |274
NVQ level 2 |5,926
NVQ level 3-4 |1,567
Employment training
ORF CAT A |4,139
ORF CAT B |2,554
ORF CAT C |162
ORF CAT D |27
ORF CAT E |4
Total ET Job Entries |4,170
Note:
The definitions for the ET ORF
Categories is as follows:
|c|Yorkshire and Humberside|c|
|Volume
Youth training
NVQ level 1 |544
NVQ level 2 |6,577
NVQ level 3-4 |1,746
Employment training
ORF CAT A |8,130
ORF CAT B |5,032
ORF CAT C |193
ORF CAT D |108
ORF CAT E |29
Total ET Job Entries |8,267
Note:
The definitions for the ET ORF Categories is as follows:
|c|Northern|c|
|Volume
Youth training
NVQ level 1 |401
NVQ level 2 |3,392
NVQ level 3-4 |722
Employment training
ORF CAT A |5,000
ORF CAT B |3,449
ORF CAT C |160
ORF CAT D |42
ORF CAT E |11
Total ET Job Entries |5,053
Note:
The definitions for the ET ORF Categories is as follows:
|c|North-West|c|
|Volume
-----------------------------------
Youth training
NVQ level 1 |744
NVQ level 2 |8,815
NVQ level 3-4 |3,300
Employment training
ORF CAT A |8,090
ORF CAT B |6,901
ORF CAT C |213
ORF CAT D |306
ORF CAT E |30
Total ET Job Entries |8,426
Note:
The definitions for the ET ORF
Categories is as follows:
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|c|Wales|c|
|Volume
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Youth training
NVQ level 1 |298
NVQ level 2 |3,069
NVQ level 3-4 |784
Employment training
ORF CAT A |4,100
ORF CAT B |2,350
ORF CAT C |163
ORF CAT D |11
ORF CAT E |0
Total ET Job Entries |4,111
Note:
The definitions for the ET ORF
Categories is as follows:
Mr. Leighton : To ask the Secretary of State for Employment what were the numbers on youth training in each of the last five years ; and what percentage that represented of the cohort for each of those years.
Mr. McLoughlin : The number of people on the youth training scheme, youth training or receiving training credits in Great Britain in March in each of the past five years is given in the table. The table also shows the number expressed as a percentage of the estimated population of 16 to 18- year-olds.
|c|Numbers in youth training<1> and percentage of the
population aged|c|
|c|16-18 in youth training, Great Britain|c|
|Number in |Percentage of
|training<2> |all aged 16-18
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March 1988 |375,600 |15.0
March 1989 |376,600 |15.6
March 1990 |343,800 |15.0
March 1991 |314,200 |14.5
March 1992 |<3>295,800 |14.4
<1>1988-90 youth training scheme, 1991-92 youth training
including training credits.
<2>These figures will include very small numbers of
individuals aged 15 or 19.
<3>Provisional figure.
Sources of information:
YTS: 1988-90 SPECTRUM YTS management information system.
YT: 1991-92 OSMOSIS and financial management information
systems.
Percentage of all aged 16 to 18: Based on estimates of
Great Britain population at end March derived by the
Department of Employment from mid-year population estimates
(1987-90) and projections (1991-92) supplied by the Office
of Population Censuses and Surveys and the Government
Actuary's Department.
Mr. Ralph Howell : To ask the Secretary of State for Employment what is her latest estimate of the number of persons under all forms of state- supported training schemes at the latest date for which information is available.
Mr. McLoughlin : In March 1992 there were nearly 445,000 people on the Department of Employment's training programmes, employment and youth training and training credits, in Great Britain. We have no information on the numbers on training schemes funded by other state organisations.
Umemployment
Mr. Leighton : To ask the Secretary of State for Employment by what percentage unemployment rose in the past 12 months in each of the EC and Group of Seven countries.
Mr. McLoughlin : The table shows the changes in the internationally comparable unemployment rates, for EC and Group of Seven countries, over the latest available 12 months. Where no rates are produced for a particular country by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), harmonised rates produced by the Statistical Office of the European Community (SOEC) are given instead.
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|c|Change in Percentage Unemployment Rates over the Latest 12 Months in EC and Group of Seven Countries|c|
|c|Standardised Unemployment Rates Seasonally Adjusted|c|
Unemployment rates
|Latest Month |Current per cent.|12 months ago |Change in rate
|per cent.
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Republic of Ireland |April 1992 |17.6 |15.5 |2.1
United Kingdom<1> |April 1992 |10.4 |8.9 |1.5
Canada<1> |April 1992 |11.0 |10.1 |0.9
France<1> |April 1992 |10.0 |9.2 |0.8
Spain |November 1991 |16.5 |15.8 |0.7
Belgium |April 1992 |8.3 |7.6 |0.7
Denmark<3> |April 1992 |9.0 |8.4 |0.6
United States<1> |April 1992 |7.1 |6.5 |0.6
Luxembourg<3> |April 1992 |1.9 |1.6 |0.3
Germany<2> |April 1992 |4.5 |4.5 |n/c
Italy<1> |January 1992 |9.9 |10.0 |-0.1
Japan<1> |April 1992 |2.0 |2.1 |-0.1
Netherlands |March 1992 |6.9 |7.2 |-0.3
Portugal |November 1991 |4.1 |4.5 |-0.4
<1>Group of Seven countries.
<2>There are no reliable figures available as yet for the unified Germany. Figures refer to what was
previously the Federal Republic of Germany.<3>OECD standardised rates are not available for Denmark and
Luxembourg. Similar harmonised rates compiled by the Statistical Office of the European Community (SOEC) are
shown for these countries.
Note:There are currently no comparable rates available for Greece.
Source:OECD Main Economic Indicators.
EUROSTAT Unemployment Bulletins.
Tobacco Industries
Mr. Milburn : To ask the Secretary of State for Employment how many people were employed in the tobacco industries in each standard region (a) in 1979, (b) in 1985, (c) in 1990 and (d) currently.
Mr. McLoughlin : Information for the tobacco industry is only available for census of employment dates. The available information is in the table :
|c|Employees in employment in the tobacco industry|c|
Thousands
|<1>June |<2>September |<2>September
Standard region |1978 |1984 |1989
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South east
(including Greater London)6 |4 |2
Greater London |2 |2 |0
East Anglia |1 |1 |0
South West |7 |3 |1
West Midlands |0 |0 |0
East Midlands |6 |3 |1
Yorkshire and Humberside |0 |0 |0
North West |5 |4 |2
North |2 |3
Wales |1 |1
Scotland |3 |1 |1
<1>1968 standard industrial classification (SIC), minimum list heading 240.
<2>1980 standard industrial classification, activity heading 4290.
Unfair Dismissal
Mr. Janner : To ask the Secretary of State for Employment of successful unfair dismissal claims during each of the last five years for which records are available, how many and what percentage in each category of claim resulted in monetary awards and in recommendations for reinstatement or re-engagement, respectively ; of the monetary awards, what was the maximum and the average thereof ; and of recommendations for re- engagement or reinstatement, how many and what percentage were complied with.
Mr. McLoughlin : I regret that the information on monetary awards and reinstatement and re-engagement orders is not available in precisely the form requested. The tables show the number of cases where a monetary award was made and the median award for each financial year. We have no information on the total number of reinstatement or re-engagement orders which were complied with, but the information available on the number of additional awards made where an employer has not complied is given.
|c|Monetary awards: all unfair dismissal cases|c|
Year |Number |Percentage of|Median
|cases pro- |award
|ceeding to |£
|hearing
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1990-91 |1,290 |21.3 |1,773
1989-90 |1,310 |22.3 |1,786
1988-89 |1,272 |22.0 |1,732
1987-88 |1,352 |18.4 |1,865
1986-87 |2,277 |24.5 |1,676
K
|c|Reinstatement/Re-engagement Orders: all unfair dismissal cases|c|
Year |Number of |Percentage of |Number of
|reinstatement/|cases pro- |additional
|re-engage- |ceeding to |awards
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1990-91 |63 |1.0 |35
1989-90 |59 |1.0 |n.a.
1988-89 |58 |1.0 |n.a.
1987-88 |83 |1.1 |n.a.
1986-87 |103 |1.1 |n.a.
Mr. Janner : To ask the Secretary of State for Employment how many additional awards for failure to comply with recommendations for re- engagement or reinstatement following successful unfair dismissal claims were made during each of the last five years for which records are available.
Mr. McLoughlin : I regret that the information requested is not available prior to the financial year 1990-91. In the year 1990-91, industrial tribunals made 35 additional awards.
Mr. Cryer : To ask the Secretary of State for Employment if she will list (a) the current number of appeals for unfair dismissal in each district in the United Kingdom, (b) the length of waiting-time prior to appeals being heard and (c) the staff in full-time equivalent employed in each employment office ; and if she will make a statement.
Mr. McLoughlin [holding answer 29 June 1992] : I am replying in respect of Great Britain only. Questions relating to Northern Ireland are for my right hon. and learned Friend the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland. I regret that the information is not available in the form requested. The figures in the first table relate to the number of cases which are ready for listing, or which have been listed for hearing, for all jurisdictions for each of the regional offices of the industrial tribunals in England and Wales and for Scotland as a whole. I regret that figures are not available for cases which have not reached that stage. Nor are separate figures available for unfair dismissal, but in general some 60 per cent. of applications to industrial tribunals are in respect of unfair dismissal. The figures for Scotland in the two other tables cover both the central office in Glasgow and local offices.
|c|Length of time for registered
applications to come to first hearing|c|
Percentage under (weeks
|6 |8 |10|12|16|20|26
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England and Wales
Birmingham |0 |0 |0 |0 |3 |17|34
Bristol |5 |18|42|54|72|83|92
Bury St. Edmunds |0 |0 |2 |3 |9 |27|61
Cardiff |0 |0 |7 |16|23|49|68
Leeds |2 |3 |4 |6 |50|71|89
London North |1 |2 |3 |4 |14|26|43
London South |1 |1 |1 |1 |9 |32|56
Manchester |0 |3 |5 |11|14|20|53
Newcastle |0 |0 |2 |3 |15|36|66
Nottingham |0 |3 |3 |6 |10|16|5
Southampton |0 |2 |6 |11|30|53|81
Scotland
Aberdeen |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |50|58
Dumfries |0 |0 |0 |0 |33|78|89
Dundee |0 |0 |0 |5 |8 |30|93
Edinburgh |0 |0 |0 |0 |14|75|89
Glasgow |1 |1 |3 |9 |63|85|92
Inverness |0 |0 |0 |29|57|57|71
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|c|Length of time for registered
applications to come to first hearing|c|
Percentage under (weeks
|6 |8 |10|12|16|20|26
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England and Wales
Birmingham |0 |0 |0 |0 |3 |17|34
Bristol |5 |18|42|54|72|83|92
Bury St. Edmunds |0 |0 |2 |3 |9 |27|61
Cardiff |0 |0 |7 |16|23|49|68
Leeds |2 |3 |4 |6 |50|71|89
London North |1 |2 |3 |4 |14|26|43
London South |1 |1 |1 |1 |9 |32|56
Manchester |0 |3 |5 |11|14|20|53
Newcastle |0 |0 |2 |3 |15|36|66
Nottingham |0 |3 |3 |6 |10|16|5
Southampton |0 |2 |6 |11|30|53|81
Scotland
Aberdeen |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |50|58
Dumfries |0 |0 |0 |0 |33|78|89
Dundee |0 |0 |0 |5 |8 |30|93
Edinburgh |0 |0 |0 |0 |14|75|89
Glasgow |1 |1 |3 |9 |63|85|92
Inverness |0 |0 |0 |29|57|57|71
text
|c|Administrative staff in post
at 31 May 1992|c|
|Number
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England and Wales
Birmingham |33.0
Bristol |21.0
Bury St. Edmunds |20.0
Cardiff |22.5
Leeds |32.0
London North |39.0
London South |54.5
Manchester |48.0
Newcastle |20.5
Nottingham |19.5
Southampton |22.5
Scotland
Aberdeen |3.3
Dundee |3.1
Edinburgh |5.5
Glasgow |<1>28.9
<1>Including headquarters staff.
Note:
The hearing centres at Dumfries
and Inverness are staffed from
the Glasgow and Aberdeen offices.
Unfair Dismissal
Mr. Cryer : To ask the Secretary of State for Employment if she will give the number of applications for appeal against unfair dismissal made to each employment office in the United Kingdom.
Mr. McLoughlin : [holding answer 29 June 1992] : I am replying in respect of Great Britain only. Questions relating to Northern Ireland are for my right hon. and learned Friend the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland. The figures show the number of registered applications to industrial tribunals in respect of the principal jurisdictions relating to unfair dismissal for each of the regional offices of the industrial tribunals (England and Wales) and the central office of the industrial tribunals (Scotland) for the year ended 31 March 1992.
|Number
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Birmingham |3,795
Bristol |2,059
Bury St. Edmunds |3,352
Cardiff |2,412
Leeds |3,643
London North |3,581
London South |5,219
Manchester |6,055
Newcastle |1,913
Nottingham |2,397
Southampton |3,060
Scotland |3,388
Employment Action Programme
Mr. Booth : To ask the Secretary of State for Employment if she will make a statement on the level of support from the trades unions for the employment action programme.
Mr. McLoughlin : I do not know what level of support there is among trade unions for what is essentially a locally delivered programme. I would hope, however, that those who are truly concerned with helping unemployed people will be working to ensure that the programme is made available to all who would benefit from it.
Sheep Dips
Mr. Tyler : To ask the Secretary of State for Employment what research has been carried out into the risks from the inhalation of organo- phosphorous sheep dips ; and if she will make it her policy to amend the recommended safety clothing to include face masks.
Mr. McLoughlin : The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) carried out a pilot research project in the south-west of England in 1990 to look for evidence of personal exposure to sheep dip. HSE has also commissioned a research project to carry out an occupational hygiene assessment of sheep dipping practices and processes.
In addition, the Veterinary Products Committee (VPC) has asked sheep dip manufacturers to carry out a number of further studies as part of its current review of sheep dip product licences. These include studies of farm operators--including blood tests and details of protective clothing worn-- and studies to show which area of the bodies of operators are most exposed. These will then be considered by the VPC in formulating its advice to the Licensing Authority.
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Protective clothing requirements will be one of the areas covered by the VPC in its review. Currently, the wearing of a face shield is only required when handling the sheep dip concentrate.General National Vocational Qualification
Mr. Cousins : To ask the Secretary of State for Employment which schools and colleges are intending to pilot the new GNVQ post-16 courses in September.
Mr. McLoughlin : As at 26 June 1992, around 90 schools and colleges plan to participate in the first phase of the implementation of GNVQ post- 16 courses in September this year. The schools and colleges are located throughout England, Wales and Northern Ireland. The following is the full list of schools and colleges but may be subject to minor variation between now and September.
|c|List of centres for September 1992 GNVQ implementation|c|
|c|(as at 26 June)|c|
|c|Each centre will offer GNVQs through one awarding body, either|c|
Centre |Area
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Airedale and Wharfdale college/Kitson
college consortium |Leeds
Alcester grammar school |Alcester, Warwickshire
Amersham and Wycombe college (FE) |High Wycombe
Barnfield college |Luton, Bedfordshire
Barnsley college |Barnsley, Yorkshire
Belfast consortium: Belfast Institute of
FE and HE, St. Patricks secondary school |Belfast
Bilston community college (FE) |Wolverhampton
Bishop Douglass school |Finchley, North London
Blackburn college |Lancashire
Blackpool and Fylde college/Wigan
and Leigh consortium |Blackpool
Blue school (The) |Wells, Somerset
Builth Wells high school |Powys
Bury metropolitan college |Lancashire
Buxton community school |Buxton, Derbyshire
Calderdale college of FE |Halifax
Castle high school |Deal, Kent
Castlereagh college/Lagan college |Belfast, HI
Coventry technical college |Coventry
Crawley college |West Sussex
Driffield school |North Humberside
East Sussex consortium Lewes college/
Bexhill college/Cardinal Newman
school/Uplands community school |East Sussex
Eastbourne college of arts
and technology |Eastbourne, East Sussex
Ellen Wilkinson highschool |West London
Farnborough college of technology |Hampshire
Farnham college 6th form |Farnham, Surrey
Ferndown upper school |Dorset
Gateshead college |Gateshead
Gloucestershire college of arts and technology |Gloucestershire
Gorseinon college |Swansea, Wales
Greenhead college (6th form college) |Huddersfield
Greenhill college |Harrow, Middlesex
Guildford college/Kingston college
consortium |Surrey
Gyfun Ysgol |Bargoed, Mid Glamorgan
Henley college |Coventry
Hertfordshire LEA consortium/
Hertford regional college/North
Herts college/Oaklands college |Hertfordshire
Hirst high school |Northumberland
Hull college of FE |Hull
John Ruskin (6th form college) |South Croydon
Josiah Mason college (6th form |Birmingham
college)
Kingshurst CTC |Birmingham
Leigh CTC |Kent
Lliswerry school |Newport
Lord Williams school |Oxon
Lytchett Minster school |Dorset
Manchester college of arts and |Manchester
college consortium
Matthew Boulton/Wakefield district college consortium |Birmingham/Wakefield
Mid Kent college of HE and FE |Maidstone, Kent
Minsthorpe high school |Wakefield
Monkswearmouth college |Sunderland
Mortimer Wilson school |Derbyshire
N East London college |Haringey, London N1
Nelson Tomlinson school |Wigton, Cumbria
Newcastle CAT |Newcastle Upon Tyne
North Lindsay college |Scunthorpe
Nottinghamshire college of FE |Mansfield, Notts.
(schools consortium)
NWIHFE consortium: NW Inst. of |Londonderry
FE and HE, Foyle and
Londonderry, Thornhill colleges,
St. Marys, St. Cec
Parkwood/Loxley college consortium |Sheffield
Peterlee college |Durham
Plymouth college of FE |Devon
Portsmouth 6th form college |Portsmouth
Purbeck school |Dorset
Queen Elizabeths school |Dorset
Queens Park community school |London NW6
Samuel Whitbread school |Bedfordshire
Sandwell college |W. Midlands
Scarborough technical college |N. Yorkshire
Sherburn high school |N. Yorkshire
St. Andrews school |Surrey
St. Brendans 6th form college |Bristol
St. Chads school |Cheshire
St. Charles catholic school |W. London
St. Peters school |Dorset
St. Helens community/ |North West
South Manchester/
Wirral Metropolitan college
consortium
Stamford college FE |Stamford, Lincs
Stantonbury Campus |Milton Keynes
Stockton-Billingham technical college |Billingham
Sutton high school |Liverpool
Swanwick Hall school |Derbyshire
Tamar Valley consortium |Plymouth, Devon
Eggbuckland, Estover, Lipson, St.
Bonifaces colleges/Southway and
Tamarside schools
Tewkesbury school |Gloucestershire
Walsall TVEI consortium Bluecoat, |West Midlands
Manor Farm Schools, Walsall
colleges of art and technology
Weatherhead high school |Merseyside
West Nottinghamshire college of FE |Mansfield,
|Nottinghamshire
Whitby Co high school |Wirral
Whitby school |N. Yorkshire
Witham 6th form |Essex
WJEC (schools consortium) |Wales
BridgendNewport, Pembrokeshire
and Pontypridd colleges
Wootton Bassett school |Wiltshire
York school |Carlisle, Cumbria
Greater Manchester Low Pay Unit
Mr. Alfred Morris : To ask the Secretary of State for Employment what action she will be taking in response to the open letter sent to her by the Greater Manchester Low Pay Unit ; and if she will make a statement.
Mr. McLoughlin : The Government will continue to create the right conditions for a prosperous and growing economy. Statutory wage fixing, advocated by the
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Manchester Low Pay Unit, distorts the labour market and damages employment prospects, particularly those of women and part-time workers.Earnings
Mr. Barry Jones : To ask the Secretary of State for Employment if she will list for each travel-to-work area or the smallest area available the average gross weekly earnings of full-time (a) men, (b) women and (c) all persons as a percentage of the United Kingdom average at the nearest dates to June 1984, November 1984, June 1990 and the latest available date, respectively.
Mr. McLoughlin : Details of earnings for men and women in the counties of England and Wales and the regions of Scotland can be found in tables 110 and 113 of part E of the new earnings survey. The corresponding sample numbers can also be found in the same tables, enabling combined estimates for men and women to be produced. To enable estimates to be made of earnings in the United Kingdom, information on earnings and sample numbers for Northern Ireland can be found in tables 1 and 3 respectively of the Northern Ireland report. Copies of both reports for April of each year are available in the Library.
Offshore Safety (Protection Against Victimisation) Act 1992
Dr. Godman : To ask the Secretary of State for Employment what recent discussions she has had on the implementation of the Offshore Safety (Protection Against Victimisation) Act 1992.
Mr. Michael Forsyth : This Act became law on 16 March. It is for individuals who believe that their rights under the Act have been infringed to seek redress by making a complaint to an industrial tribunal.
Social Affairs Council
Mr. Anthony Coombs : To ask the Secretary of State for Employment what was the outcome of the meeting on 24 June of the Social Affairs Council in Luxembourg ; and if she will make a statement.
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Mrs. Gillian Shephard : The Council devoted most of its time to consideration of the working time directive, but the Council did not reach a common position, nor was a vote taken.
I made it clear that the United Kingdom continues to have very severe doubts about the directive as a whole and about its proposed legal base and that we reserved the right to challenge it in the European Court of Justice. In the discussions of the text, the United Kingdom secured all its key objectives, namely : the right for employees to work more than 48 hours per week if they choose to do so, freedom for each member state to decide whether to allow working on a Sunday, and the right of employers and employees to make collective agreements at local level concerning working time in a manner which best suits their particular circumstances--to derogate from the terms of any eventual directive. The United Kingdom also secured other helpful points.
However, other member states continued to have difficulties with the proposal, and the Council decided that further work on various aspects of the directive was necessary before the issue could return to Ministers.
On the draft directive concerning pregnant workers, one member state continued to oppose the common position which the Council reached last November and which the other 11 countries--including the United Kingdom-- now wish to see adopted finally.
A number of useful proposals were, however, agreed or adopted, including directives on health and safety in mines and quarries and on temporary and mobile construction sites ; a directive on collective redundancies ; a directive on safety signs at work ; a decision that 1993 should be European Year of the Elderly ; and recommendations on employee financial participation, on aspects of social security systems.
The outcome on the working time directive was a very good one for the United Kingdom. It also showed that proposed EC legislation of this sort causes difficulties for a number of member states. More generally, progress continues to be made on other more sensible proposals under the social action programme. Of the 38 proposals brought forward to date, 25 have now been agreed.
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