§ Mr. Wallaceasked the Secretary of State for Defence how many redundancy notices have been issued at each of the Royal ordnance factories since July 1985.
§ Mr. Norman Lamont[pursuant to his reply, 27 January 1986, c. 450]: This is a matter for Royal ordnance plc. however, I understand that the information requested is as follows:
Number of redundundancy notices issued Blackburn 8 Bridgwater 93 A further 12 redundancy notices were issued to headquarters staff employed by Royal Ordnance plc.
I also understand that the company has today announced redundancies at its factories at Chorley and Birtley. The maximum numbers will be:
Number Chorley 385 Birtley 446 TOTAL 831