31. Mr. Wileyasked the Secretary of State for Employment how many redundancies were notified in the Sunderland travel-to-work area in the last 12-month period; and how this compares with the previous corresponding period.
§ Mr. Golding:I am informed by the Manpower Services Commission that in the Wearside travel-to-work area, which comprises Houghton-le-Spring, Seaham, Southwick, Sunderland and Washington 115W 3,416 redundancies were notified as due to occur during the period October 1977 to September 1978. 3,729 redundancies were notified as due to occur in the previous corresponding period. Comparative figures for more recent periods are not yet available.