§ Mr. Pavittasked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will list in the OFFICIAL REPORT the factories in the area served by his Harlesden office which have closed down since June, 1968; and the number of workers made redundant by each closure.
§ Mr. Dudley SmithIt is not the practice of my Department to publish lists of firms affected by redundancy even where the information may be publicly known and I should not feel justified in listing the names of the firms in this case, but the following information about closures notified to my Department in Willesden local office area, which includes Harlesden, may be of assistance.
… Numbers of Closures Redundancies June—December, 1968 … 9 600 1969 … 15 1,250 1970 … 14 1,700 January-25th June, 1971 … 12 900