HC Deb 12 February 1973 vol 850 cc242-3W
Mr. Gwynoro Jones

asked the Secretary of State for Employment (1) if he will give the average monthly figure of the number of people made redundant in Wales in 1972; and what were the figures for 1970 and 1971;

(2) if he will give the average monthly number of people made redundant in Great Britain in 1972; and what were the figures for 1970 and 1971.

Mr. Chichester-Clark

The average monthly figures of redundancies notified to my Department as due to occur in Wales and Great Britain respectively in the last three years are as follows:

Wales Great Britain
1970 … … 750 18,420
1971 … … 1,250 28,000
1972 … … 940 15,610

The figures for 1972 are provisional at this stage.