§ 61. Mr. Boscawenasked the Secretary of State for Employment how many workers have been made redundant as a result of the closure of creameries, region by region.
§ Mr. John FraserI am informed by the Manpower Services Commission that the information is not available in the form requested. However, the following table shows the number of redundancies notified as due to occur in 1975 as a result of closure of establishments involved in heat treatment of milk or the manufacture of milk products (Minimum List Heading 215 of the Standard Industrial Classification).
Standard Region Nos. Affected South-East 131 South-West 51 North-West 51 Scotland 48 West Midlands 33 East Midlands 21 Northern 13 Wales — Yorkshire and Humberside — East Anglia — Total 348