§ Mr. Strangasked the Secretary of State for Scotland how many companies in the Edinburgh travel-to-work area have been closed since May 1979; how many jobs have been lost as a result; and how many other jobs have been lost in the same period.
§ Mr. Alexander FletcherComprehensive information on redundancies or on companies that have closed is not available, but I am informed by the Manpower Services Commission that the number of closures notified to it as due to occur in the Edinburgh travel-to-work area in the period from May 1979 to March 1981, in establishments employing 10 or more people, was 14. The number of jobs 119W involved was 595. An additional 3,003 jobs were associated with other redundancies in the area which were notified in the period.