HC Deb 30 June 1983 vol 44 c123W
Mr. Campbell-Savours

asked the Secretary of State for Employment how many redundancies in (a) the textile industry, (b) machine tool industry, (c) general engineering, (d) service trades and (e) steel fabrication work were made in the last month for which statistics are available in the Workington travel-to-work area.

Mr. Gummer

No redundancies were reported as due to occur in the Workington travel-to-work area in the industries specified for May 1983, the latest month for which provisional statistics are available.

Mr. Campbell-Savours

asked the Secretary of State for Employment how many redundancy notifications were given during the last month for which statistics are available in the Workington travel-to-work area.

Mr. Gummer

There were 287 advance notifications of redundancies in the Workington travel-to-work area in May, the latest month for which statistics are available. Many of these related to seasonal jobs. However, no redundancies were confirmed as due to occur during the month.*

* Provisional figures.