§ Mr. Richard Wainwrightasked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will publish information on the number of companies in West Yorkshire which have(a)closed down and(b)announced redundancies since the beginning of the year; and in each case how many jobs have been lost.
§ Mr. Waddington:The information is not available in the form requested.
The number of redundancies involving 10 or more employees reported to the Manpower Services Commission as due to occur in West Yorkshire between January and September 1982*is 15,732. Of these, 3,521 were due to company closures in 78 companies. The total number of companies making redundancies is not available.
The number of jobs lost cannot be equated with the number of redundancies, since, for example, some jobs are transferred to other areas, and jobs may be lost in a number of other ways which do not involve redundancy.
*Including provisional figures for August and September 1982.