§ Mr. Sillarsasked the Secretary of State for Employment what is his estimate of the number of redundancies notified from the special development areas in Scotland in each of the past five years.
§ Mr. GoldingI am informed by the Manpower Services Commission that the number of redundancies recorded as due to occur from the special development areas in Scotland in each of the past five years is as follows:
Year Number involved 1973 6,085 1974 11,816 1975 18,178 1976 12,195 1977(to the end of October) 15,694
§ Mr. Sillarsasked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will publish a table showing the number of redundancies notified to his Department in Scotland in each of the past 24 months; and if he can indicate how many of these were in shipbuilding, engineering, mining, steel, textiles and construction.
§ Mr. GoldingI am informed by the Manpower Services Commission that the number of redundancies notified to local offices of the Employment Service Agency as due to occur in Scotland in shipbuilding, engineering, mining, steel, textiles and construction between November 1975 and October 1977 is as follows:
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Month Number of redundancies notified by month Shipbuilding SIC 370* Mining SICs 101, 102, 109 Steel SICs 311–323 Textiles SICs 411–429 Construction SICs 500 Engineering 331–369 1975— November … … … 1,624 59 190 83 154 285 565 December … … … … 1,168 56 — 139 370 30 81 1976— January … … … … 1,854 65 53 60 467 39 357 February … … … … 3,858 233 — 143 185 179 462 March … … … … 1,976 84 17 405 138 116 678 April … … … … 2,197 61 28 409 149 196 428 May … … … … 1,688 105 — 71 — 481 99 June … … … … 1,292 10 — 111 23 206 639 July … … … … 2,181 16 129 — 170 854 97 August … … … … 1,280 326 — — 87 226 333 September … … … 914 — 4 — — 605 166 October … … … … 1,272 — 11 21 — 590 330 November … … … 1,381 — — 57 — 594 207 December … … … … 1,872 195 16 77 — 247 712 1977— January … … … … 2,247 568 16 111 — 492 228 February … … … … 1,381 168 18 163 55 260 315 March … … … … 1,455 112 — 6 40 275 572 April … … … … 3,410 288 18 — 307 580 1,699 May … … … … 2,865 50 84 50 125 373 1,657 June … … … … 3,276 75 856 41 80 1,206 643 July … … … … 3,822 66 55 150 17 669 1,979 August … … … … 2,207 245 — 22 69 432 306 September … … … 1,720 40 — 116 85 398 439 October … … … … 2,227 8 — 801 43 276 675 Total … … … … 49,167 2,830 1,495 3,036 2,564 9,609 13,664 * SIC stands for Standard Industrial Classification.
§ Mr. Sillarsasked the Secretary of State for Employment how many redundancies in Scotland and the remainder of the United Kingdom, respectively, have been notified since the introduction of the Redundancy Payments Act 1965.
§ Mr. GoldingI am informed by the Manpower Services Commission that information about redundancies before November 1968 is not available. However, redundancies which were notified to the local offices of the Employment Service Agency as due to occur during the period December 1968 to October 1977 are as follows:
Scotland 221,320 Remainder of the United Kingdom 1,424,759
§ Mr. Sillarsasked the Secretary of State for Employment how many redundancies in Scotland have been notified to his Department from the public sector in the last two years.
§ Mr. GoldingI am informed by the Manpower Services Commission that 4,886 redundancies have been notified to local offices of the Employment Service Agency as due to occur in the public sector in Scotland between November 1975 and October 1977.
Sponsor Project Jobs MSC Grant £ Norfolk County Council … Planting trees (2 projects) … … … 12 16,918 North Norfolk District Council Clearance and improvement of paths, ditches etc. (2 projects) 18 16,529 Norfolk Area Health Authority Establishment of accurate records of buildings in Norfolk 11 7,946 Norfolk County Council … Landscaping work in central courtyard and tree planting 6 5,333 Norfolk Education Department Preparation for and building of an adventure playground 11 6,824 North Norfolk District Council Provision of recreational and amenity facilities in country park 15 12,713 Midland and Great Northern Railway Improvements to railway amenities … … 12 13,630 Bressingham Steam Museum … Completion of museum buildings, relaying railway track etc 16 17,900 Norwich City Council … … Construction and erection of various types of adventure playground 4 5,582 Norfolk County Council … Woodland restoration and management … 4 6,388 Great Yarmouth Borough Council Roof insulation for the elderly … … 5 4,379 Norwich City Council … Roof insulation for needy tenants … … 6 5,640 South Norfolk District Council Roof insulation in council properties … 6 3,940 Norfolk Naturalist Trust … Survey of habitats of flora and fauna in nature reserves 5 8,777 North Norfolk District Council Improvements to breach access … … 10 5,644 Midland and Great Northern Railway Improvements to amenities at railway … 12 15,158 Charing Cross Club … … Improvements to building to be used as community centre 13 23,886 Norfolk County Council … Woodland improvements … … … 5 12,259 Bressingham Steam Museum … Preparation for new exhibition hall … … 8 5,528 National Carriers Ltd … … Improvements to social amenities … … 10 6,213 Norfolk County Council … Creation of adventure playground … … 27 40,909