§ Mr. Wainwrightasked the Secretary of State for Employment if, further to the answer on 20 March, he will list the number of training places notified to the Manpower Services Commission as being lost through financial cutbacks on the Young Men's Christian Association training for life scheme; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. Peter MorrisonI shall reply to the hon. Member as soon as possible.
Redundancies confirmed as due to occur* 1979 to 1984 North-East Houghton and Washington Jobcentre areas Number of occasions† Redundancies involved Number of occasions† Redundancies involved 1979 196 12,953 5 199 1980 436 31,650 20 1,297 1981 702 34,861 34 1,668 1982 586 29,918 23 920 1983 513 28,945 18 639 1984 January and February‡ 102 3,294 6 167 Notes
* Redundancies involving fewer than 10 employees are excluded.
† Firms which have made redundancies on more than one occasion during the period are included more than once.
‡Provisional figures.
§ Mr. Frank Fieldasked the Secretary of State for Employment how many firms have announced redundancies in each year since 1979 in (a) the Wirral local authority area and (b) the Birkenhead jobcentre area.