§ Mr. Brayasked the Secretary of State for Employment what was the number of redundancies in the footwear industry for each of the five years to 31st December, 1971.
§ Mr. Dudley SmithFigures are available, to the extent that redundancies have been notified, only for the past three years, as follows: 1,060 in 1969: 2,000 in 1970, and 650 in 1971.
§ Mr. Gwynoro Jonesasked the Secretary of State for Employment how many redundancy notices in Wales, with the number of people involved, have been notified to his Department for the first four months of 1972; and what are the monthly figures.
§ Mr. Dudley SmithFollowing is the information:
NOTIFICATIONS OF REDUNDANCIES RECEIVED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF EMPLOYMENT DURING THE FIRST FOUR MONTHS OF 1972 Notices Workpeople involved January, 1972 22 1,895 February, 1972 20 1,020 March, 1972 33 1,224 April, 1972 22 519 97 4,658