§ Mr. Wigleyasked the Secretary of State for Employment what was the number of persons reported to have been made redundant in Wales in each of the past five years.
§ Mr. GoldingI am informed by the Manpower Services Commission that the numbers of redundancies recorded as due to occur in Wales in each of the last five years and in the period January to May 1977 were:
1972 … 11,290 1973 … 4,410 1974 … 6,990 1975 … 15,290 1976 … 8,880 1977 (January to May) … 5,120