§ Mr. Ernie Rossasked the Secretary of State for Scotland how many jobs have been lost in the following industries in Dundee in each of the past four years: (a) engineering and (b) construction.
§ Mr. Alexander Fletcher[pursuant to his reply, 29 November 1982, c. 9.]: Comprehensive information about job losses in the engineering and construction industries is not available. The following table gives the numbers of jobs lost through redundancies affecting 10 or more people notified to the Manpower Services Commission as due to occur in these industries in Dundee during each of the past four years:
Redundancies notified to the MSC in Dundee in the engineering and construction industries Engineering Construction 1978 511 65 1979 316 79 1980 894 472 1981 1,346 279 Note: Engineering industries are those in Orders VII-XII of the Standard Industrial Classification.
The construction industry is Order XX.