HC Deb 27 March 1984 vol 57 cc113-4W
Rev. William McCrea

asked the Secretary of State for Wales how many redundancies have been registered in Wales in each of the past five years.

Mr. Nicholas Edwards

I am informed by the Manpower Services Commission that the numbers of notified redundancies which occurred in Wales are estimated as follows:

number
1979 11,663
1980 45,215
1981 36,432
1982 24,647
1983 *16,041
* Provisional