§ Mr. John Evansasked the Secretary of State for Employment what studies his Department has undertaken of large-scale redundancies in the last 10 years, such as at Woolwich and Trafford Park; how many persons were made redundant and not re-employed after six or 12 months; what drop, if any, there was in the average earnings of those who were re-employed; and how many of those who were re-employed had lost their jobs again within six and 12 months.
§ Mr. John FraserIn the past 10 years, the Department has undertaken or partly financed studies of five redundancies involving 1,000 or more workers. These were:
- 1. TSR2 and related redundancies (1965).
- 2. Upper Clyde Shipbuilders (1969).
- 3. Redundancies in Woolwich (1968–70).
- 4. Redundancies in Handley Page, St. Albans (1970).
- 5. Redundancies in Rolls Royce (1971).
Information is not available in the form requested in respect of all the redundancies. I am writing to the hon. Member as soon as the available information has been extracted.