§ Mr. Albuasked the Secretary of State for Employment what was the number of factory closures involving more than 50 employees each in the North London area over each of the last 10 years.
§ Mr. Chichester-ClarkInformation held by my Department on factory closures is not comprehensive and goes hack only to 1966. The recorded numbers of closures of establishments in manufacturing industries involving more than 50 employees each in the Barnet, Finchley, Enfield, Wood Green, Tottenham and Leyton local office areas in each of the last seven years is as follows:
1966 … … … … 8 1967 … … … … 4 1968 … … … … 9 1969 … … … … 11 1970 … … … … 7 1971 … … … … 13 1972 … … … … 12