§ Mr. Stallardasked the Secretary of State for Employment what are the latest available monthly redundancy figures for each of the London boroughs; and what were the comparable figures in 1970, 1971 and 1972.
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§ Mr. Chichester-ClarkI regret that the information is not available in the form requested. However, the numbers of workpeople involved in redundancies
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NUMBERS INVOLVED IN REDUNDANCIES RECORDED FOR THE STATISTICAL MONTHS ENDING MID-FEBRUARY Employment Exchange areas 1970 1971 1972 1973 Acton … 195 — — 169 Barking … 31 — 34 58 Barnet … — — — — Battersea … 20 — — — Beckenham and Penge … — — — — Bermondsey … 261 — — 52 Bexley … — — — — Borough … 62 — 214 226 Brentford … 85 23 80 — Brixton … — — — 103 Bromley … — — — — Camberwell … 55 — 22 — Camden Town … — 134 28 — Canning Town … — — 50 — City of London … — 94 103 — Croydon … 38 65 32 174 Dagenham … — — — — Deptford … — — — 40 Ealing … — — — 322 East Ham … — — — — Enfield … — 41 31 — Erith … 76 76 — 87 Feltham … 30 — — — Finchley … — 64 — — Fulham … — 117 — — Hackney … — 58 22 — Hammersmith … — — — — Harrovv … — — — — Hayes … 167 — — — Hendon … 54 99 — — Holloway … 51 — 177 25 Hornchurch … — — — — Hounslow … — — — 40 liford … — — 41 — King's Cross … — 115 63 31 Kingston … 42 — — — Lewisham … 24 — — 32 Leyton … 305 — 248 120 Mill Hill … — — — — Orpington … — — — — Poplar … — 20 — — Richmond … — — — — Romford … — 190 49 — Ruislip … — — 287 — St. Marylebone … — — — — Shoreditch … — 30 — — Sidcup … 44 — — — Southall … — 162 21 — Stepney … — 22 39 247 Stratford … 108 71 60 — Sutton … — — — — Tooting … 100 117 — — Tottenham … 22 166 113 186 Uxbridge … 20 170 — 50 Wembley … 193 37 29 — Westminster … 35 — 107 33 Willesden … 228 22 55 62 Wimbledon … 73 57 — 346 Wood Green … — — — 26 Woolwich … 121 156 — — Totals … 2,440 2,106 1,905 2,429 recorded as occurring in each of the employment exchange areas in the Great London Council area are as follows: