§ Mr. John Robertsonasked the Secretary of State for Employment how many workpeople have been affected by redundancies declared by industrial firms or establishments in Scotland since October, 1970.
§ Mr. Dudley SmithA comprehensive figure is not available as not all redundancies are notified to my Department. Our records show, however, that 12,200 employees were affected by redundancies which were due to take place in Scotland at firms or establishments in the mining, quarrying, manufacturing and construction industries between 1st November, 1970, and 28th February, 1971.