§ Mr. William Hamiltonasked the Secretary of State for Employment how many jobs have been lost in Scotland in the last month as a result of the collapse of Rolls-Royce Limited; and whether the workers affected will be entitled to redundancy payments.
§ Mr. Dudley SmithNo information is available as to the number of jobs lost, but my Department's records show that some 2,000 redundancies attributable to the Rolls-Royce collapse have been announced in Scotland. Guaranteed payments will be made from the Redundancy Fund to Rolls-Royce employees who qualify for payment under the provisions of the Redundancy Payments Acts.