§ 21. Mr. John D. Grantasked the Secretary of State for Employment what action is proposed by Her Majesty's Government following the recent proposals of the European Commission about an improved redundancy early warning system and related matters.
§ Mr. Chichester-ClarkThe Government have informed the Council of Ministers of difficulties to which they believe the Commission's proposals, which have not been approved by the council, would give rise, and requested that any proposal should take full account of United Kingdom practice. The commission's proposals will be examined by the Economic and Social Committee and by the European Parliament, and meanwhile no further action within the council is called for.
§ 32. Mr. John Smithasked the Secretary of State for Employment what is the total number of redundancies in Scotland reported to his Department since July 1970 to the latest convenient date.
§ Mr. Dudley SmithRedundancies recorded by my Department as due to occur in Scotland during the period 1st July, 1970 to 30th November, 1972, in-involved 84,600 workpeople.
§ 50. Mr. Ewingasked the Secretary of State for Employment how many redundancies have been reported in Scotland in each of the months May, June, July, August, September and October 1972.
§ Mr. Chichester-ClarkFollowing is the table:—
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REDUNDANCIES NOTIFIED AS DUE TO OCCUR IN SCOTLAND FROM MAY 1972 TO OCTOBER, 1972 Month Numbers becoming redundant May 2,300 June 1,700 July 3,000 August 1,000 September 1,600 (provisional) October 1,600 (provisional)
§ 59. Mr. Gwynoro Jonesasked the Secretary of State for Employment how many people have been made redundant in Carmarthenshire since June 1970; how many factories have been involved; and how many new jobs have been created.
§ Mr. Chichester-ClarkOur records show that in the period 1st July 1970 to 30th November 1972 redundancies involving 2,410 people at 36 establishments were notified to my Department as due to occur in the areas covered by the Ammanford, Burry Port, Carmarthen, Garnant, Kidwelly, Llandeilo, Llandovery, Llanelli and Tumble local offices of the Department.
Figures for jobs created are not available as it is not possible to estimate the number of jobs that have arisen in existing industrial buildings and in the service sector. However, applicants for industrial development certificates that were approved for the nine local office areas set out above from 1st July 1970 to 30th June 1972 estimated that 330 jobs would arise when the projects were complete and fully manned.
§ 77. Mr. Gwynoro Jonesasked the Secretary of State for Employment how many people have been made redundant in Wales and the United Kingdom since June 1970; and how many new manufacturing jobs have been created.
§ Mr. Chichester-ClarkFigures for the United Kingdom are not available. However, our records show that 29,800 people were recorded as due to become redundant in Wales between 1st July 1970 and 31st October 1972, and 610,000 in Great Britain.
Figures for jobs created are not available as it is not possible to estimate the number of jobs which have arisen in existing industrial buildings and in the Service Sector. However, applicants for industrial development certificates that were approved from 1st July 1970 to 30th June 1972 for Wales and Great Britain, estimated that respectively 15,990 and 207,280 jobs would arise when the projects were complete and fully manned.