§ Mr. Alfred Morrisasked the Secretary of State for Employment what has been the change in numbers of people employed in each local authority area in Greater Manchester in each year since 1979.
§ Mr. Alan ClarkThe available information on employment in local areas is from the June 1978 and the following September 1981 census of employment. Net 429W changes in the number of employees in employment in each local authority district in Greater Manchester in that period are as follows:
Thousands Bolton -9.8 Bury -4.7 Manchester -22-5 Oldham -16.6 Rochdale -5.3 Salford -15.4 Stockport -2.2
Redundancies* confirmed as due to occur from 1979 to 1984 in the Greater Manchester area Local Authority Area† 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 ‡1984 Bolton 2,063 3,581 4,637 2,607 2,747 1,105 Bury 897 1,966 1,166 1,543 1,318 815 Manchester 3,554 9,079 7,965 6,446 4,156 3,416 Oldham 1,607 3,871 4,115 1,801 1,707 1,760 Rochdale 1,521 4,367 2,899 2,055 1,160 964 Salford 1,636 7,177 3,700 3,206 2,995 1,254 Stockport 1,291 2,596 1,599 2,062 1,447 721 Tameside 1,099 4,909 3,295 1,864 2,362 1,328 Trafford 3,651 2,069 4,388 3,731 2,814 2,286 Wigan 1,424 5,690 4,157 2,200 2,732 1,889 * Confirmed by the Manpower Services Commission as due to occur and based on notifications of impending redundancies involving 10 or more workers. † Groupings of jobcentre areas approximating to the local authority area. ‡ Includes provisional figures for December 1984.