§ Mr. Barry Jonesasked the Secretary of State for Employment (1) how many coal miners in Great Britain and in Wales have been made redundant since 1979;
(2) how many steel workers in Great Britain and in Wales have been made redundant since 1979;
(3) how many textile workers have been made redundant since 1979 in Great Britain and in Wales.
§ Mr. Alan ClarkThe numbers of redundancies, involving 10 or more employees, reported to the Manpower Services Commission as due to occur in these industries, between January 1979 and November 1983* in Great Britain and in Wales, are given in the following table.
Redundancies confirmed as due to occur: January 1979 to November 1983* Wales Great Britain Coal Mining (mlh 101) 2,380 21,330 Iron and Steel Manufacture (mlh 311–313) 30,827 142,280 Textiles (Order XIII) 4,209 121,054 * includes provisional figures for October and November 1983.