§ Mr. Johnasked the Secretary of State for Wales if he will list the employers in the Pontypridd parliamentary constituency or Pontypridd travel-to-work area who have notified his Department of redundancies since 1979; and if he will give the number of redundancies given in each such notification.
§ Mr. Nicholas EdwardsFirms notifying redundancies do so in confidence, and their names are therefore not disclosed. The number of notifications received and the number of redundancies recorded for each year since 1979 in the Pontypridd and Rhondda travel-to-work area are as follows:
Year Number of notifications received Number of redundancies 1979 32 1,331 1980 58 3,074 1981 42 2,422 1982 29 1,324 1983 34 1,471 1984 17 871 1985 23 1,069 11986 8 301 1 Provisional. Source:MSC Wales.
Note: Some adjustments to travel-to-work areas boundaries were made in 1984.