HC Deb 20 June 1980 vol 986 cc683-5W
Mr. Ray Powell

asked the Secretary of State for Wales if he will state the number of workers declared redundant from May 1979 to May of the current year and give details of the industries involved.

Mr. Nicholas Edwards

Nearly 11,000 jobs are expected to arise over the next three to four years from offers of selective financial assistance made and/or Government financed factories allocated over the past 12 months. The distribution of these jobs by counties and by manufacturing and service industries is as follows :

Mr. Nicholas Edwards

Precise information on the total number of persons declared redundant is not available. Information derived from statutory notifications under the Employment Protection Act during the period, indicated some 54,700 proposed redundancies in Wales. Not all of these will necessarily take place.

An analysis by industry is as follows :

Standard Industrial Classification

Notified Redundancies (May 1979–May 1980)
1. Agriculture, forestry, fishing 10
2. Mining and quarrying 318
3. Food, drink and tobacco 506
4. Coal and petroleum products —
5. Chemicals and allied industries 894
6. Metal manufacture 23,866
7. Mechanical engineering 1,185
8. Instrument engineering 97
9. Electrical engineering 2,171
10. Shipbuilding and marine engineering 30
11. Vehicles 1,374
12. Metal goods (not elsewhere specified) 2,420
13. Textiles 1,023
14. Leather, leather goods and fur 20
15. Clothing and footwear 1,648
16. Bricks, pottery, glass and cement 256
17. Timber and furniture etc. 439
18. Paper, printing and publishing 66
19. Other manufacturing 2,085
20. Construction 10,389
21. Public utilities 35
22. Transport and communication 536
23. Distributive trades 921
24. Insurance, banking and finance and business services 140
25. Professional and scientific services 423
26. Miscellaneous services 3,782
27. Public administration and defence 68
Total 54,702

Mr. Ray Powell

asked the Secretary of State for Wales how many redundancies and in which type of employment have been declared in the Ogmore constituency for the periods May 1978 to May 1979 and May 1979 to May of the current year.

Mr. Nicholas Edwards

Figures are not available on a constituency basis, or by type of employment.