HC Deb 21 March 1984 vol 56 c465W
Rev. William McCrea

asked the Secretary of State for Employment how many redundancies have been registered in England in each of the last five years.

Mr. Alan Clark

This information is given in the following table.

Redundancies confirmed as due to occur in England
Year Number
1979 142,107
1980 391,311
1981 436,559
1982 324,415
1983 *257,205
* Provisional.