§ 57. Mr. Alan Williamsasked the Secretary of State for Employment how many redundancies have been declared in Wales in 1971 to the latest available date; and how the figures compare with the comparable period in 1970.
§ Mr. Dudley SmithNot all redundancies are notified to my Department and it is not the practice to keep records of every minor redundancy. However, our records show that redundancies involving about 15,200 people were declared in the period 1st January to 30th September, 1971, as compared with about 6,900 in the corresponding period in 1970.