§ Mr. Joseph Deanasked the Secretary of State for Employment what have been the numbers of redundancies in each of the various regions during the last two years.
§ Mr. Peter MorrisonThere are no comprehensive statistics of redundancies. The numbers of redundancies, involving 10 or more employees, reported to the Manpower Services Commission as due to occur in each region are as follows:
Numbers of redundancies reported as due to occur: 1979 1980 January to March 1981 (provisional) South East 26,798 66,896 18,463 East Anglia 2,981 7,554 2,802 South West 11,031 26,598 10,940 West Midlands 19,320 69,436 11,740 East Midlands 8,449 40,957 8,633 Yorkshire and Humberside 17,838 50,879 15,744 North West 40,705 92,596 23,525 North 14,985 33,276 10,734 Wales 11,663 45,215 10,687 Scotland 33,014 57,240 12,064 Figures for February 1981 or later are not fully comparable with those for January 1981 and earlier, because of improvements in data collection designed to secure a better coverage of reported redundancies which are actually expected to take place.
§ Mr. Joseph Deanasked the Secretary of State for Employment what have been the numbers of redundancies declared in Leeds during the last two years; and how many redundancies are at present notified.
§ Mr. Peter MorrisonThere are no comprehensive statistics of redundancies. The numbers of redundancies, involving 10 or more employees, reported to the Manpower Services Commission as due to occur in Leeds are as follows:
Numbers of redundancies reported as due to occur 1979 3,484 1980 7,149 Jan-March 1981 *2499 * (provisional). The provisional number of redundancies so far reported as due to occur after March 1981 is 896.
114WFigures for February 1981 or later are not fully comparable with those for January 1981 and earlier, because of improvements in data collection designed to secure a better coverage of reported redundancies which are actually expected to take place. The figures provided relate to the Leeds travel-to-work area.