HC Deb 28 July 1982 vol 28 cc521-2W
Mr. Alec Jones

asked the Secretary of State for Wales how many redundancies in Wales were notified to his Department in March; how many have been notified in the 12 months, 31 March 1981 to 31 March in the current year; and how this compares with the figures for the years 1978–79, 1979–80 and 1980–81.

Mr. Nicholas Edwards

The information is as follows:

March 1982 2,974
April 1981–March 1982 31,576
April 1978–March 1979 19,870
April 1979–March 1980 17,455
April 1980–March 1981 47,650