§ Mr. Roseasked the Secretary of State for Employment what is the number of redundancies so far declared or announced during 1974 in the North-West and Manchester areas, respectively.
§ Mr. Harold WalkerI am informed by the Manpower Services Commission that the numbers of redundancies recorded as due to occur in the Manchester recorded as due to occur in the Manchester travel-to-work area and the North-Western Region respectively during 1974 and from 1st January to 30th November 1975 were as follows:
1974 1975 Manchester travel-to-work area 5,050 3,700 North-Western Region 18,200 30,500