HC Deb 11 May 1987 vol 116 cc15-7W
Mr. Barry Jones

asked the Secretary of State for Wales (1) how many redundancies were reported to his Department in each of the years since 1979 in the constituency of Alyn and Deeside;

County 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986
South Glamorgan n/a n/a 3,699 3,104 1,988 1,557 1,664 742
Mid Glamorgan n/a n/a 7,289 5,111 5,063 2,576 3,691 1,584
West Glamorgan n/a n/a 8,225 4,401 2,488 2,255 2,093 2,587
Gwent n/a n/a 5,345 5,066 2,943 2,135 3,002 2,208
Dyfed n/a n/a 6,168 3,756 930 1,063 1,148 1,385
Powys n/a n/a 634 181 91 nil 692 54
Gwynedd n/a n/a 982 976 750 719 213 468
Clwyd n/a n/a 4,090 2,052 1,788 1,136 2,524 874
Wales 11,663 45,215 36,432 24,647 16,041 11,441 15,027 9,902

TTWA 1979
Aberdare 155
Bargoed 349
Blaenau Ffestiniog 64
Caernarvon 327
Cardiff 1,609
Denbigh 20
Ebbw Vale 1,241
Holyhead 94
Llandudno 120
Llanelli 925
Llanrwst 11
Machynlleth 24
Merthyr Tydfil 660
Milford Haven 866
Monmouth 48
Neath 1,166
Newport 1,271
Newtown 58
Pembroke Dock 179
Pontypool 193
Pontypridd 1,331
Port Talbot 778
Pwllheli 325
Rhyl 67
Shotton 167
Swansea 1,061
Wrexham 469

TTWA 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984
Aberdare 1,556 553 744 717 834
Aberystwyth 47 48 16 nil 38
Bargoed 879 926 687 1,098 200
Barmouth nil 44 nil nil nil
Blaneau Ffestiniog nil nil 6 12 nil
Brecon nil nil nil 20 nil
Caernarvon 2,163 363 520 607 616
Cardiff 3,160 4,350 3.366 2,146 1,760
Cardigan 27 nil nil nil nil
Carmarthen 95 58 98 279 78
Colwyn Bay 183 263 152 162 204
Denbigh nil nil nil 51 nil
Ebbw Vale 1,007 1,385 1.648 322 258
Fishguard 17 nil nil nil nil
Holyhead 362 483 408 105 11
Lampeter 39 4 nil nil nil
Llandeilo 28 nil nil nil nil
Llandrindod Wells nil 13 nil 50 nil
Llanelli 3,063 2,654 1,249 261 619

(2) if he will list the number of redundancies in (a) Wales, (b) each of the counties of Wales and (c) each of the travel-to-work areas of Wales notified to his Department in each year since 1979.

Mr. Nicholas Edwards

Notified redundancies are not available on a constituency basis. I am informed by the Manpower Services Commission that the numbers of notified redundancies for Wales. Welsh counties, and Welsh travel-to-work areas since 1979 are as follows:

TTWA 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984
Llangollen 28 88 31 22 nil
Llanrwst nil nil 30 nil nil
Machynlleth nil nil nil nil nil
Merthyr Tydfil 1,111 1,733 1,132 493 278
Milford Haven 678 1,741 244 346 98
Monmouth 79 95 385 28 52
Neath 775 1,936 602 583 451
Newport 5,831 2,394 1,735 2,156 1,236
Newtown 154 517 181 21 nil
Pembroke Dock 622 1,663 2,149 44 230
Pontypool 2,572 1,292 1,142 401 576
Pontypridd 3,074 2,422 1,324 1,471 871
Port Talbot 6,937 3,622 3,079 1,980 408
Pwllheli 53 nil nil nil 22
Rhyl 322 161 136 97 41
Shotton 7,629 2,498 812 823 661
Swansea 3,042 3,870 1,850 1,087 1,599
Tenby 30 nil nil nil nil
Tywyn nil nil nil nil nil
Welshpool 72 104 nil nil nil
Wrexham 2,171 1,172 921 659 300

TTWA 1985 1986
Aberdare 869 261
Aberystwyth 12 24
Bangor and Caernarfon 125 102
Brecon nil 54
Bridgend 981 536
Cardiff 1,743 742
Cardigan nil nil
Carmarthen 16 499
Conwy and Colwyn 161 87
Denbigh nil nil
Dolgellau and Barmouth 24 13
Ebbw Vale and Abergavenny 536 332
Fishguard nil nil
Haverfordwest 58 71
Holyhead 23 292
Lampeter and Aberaeron nil nil
Llandeilo nil 43
Llandrindod Wells 33 nil
Llanelli 749 517
Machynlleth nil nil
Merthyr and Rhymney 1,185 953
Monmouth nil nil
Neath and Port Talbot 1,045 1,275
Newport 1,424 836
Newtown 659 nil
TTWA 1985 1986
Pontypool and Cwmbran 550 573
Pontypridd and Rhondda 1,069 301
Porthmadog and Ffestiniog nil nil
Pwllheli nil 24
Shotton, Flint and Rhyl 1,637 317
South Pembrokeshire 313 231
Swansea 1,048 1,312
Welshpool nil nil
Wrexham 767 507

Notes:

(1) Since January 1981 statistics of notified redundancies have been recorded by the month in which the redundancies are scheduled to occur and not by the month of notification as in previous years. For this reason it is not possible to make valid comparisons of statistics from 1981 onwards with those of previous years, nor should figures for 1981 and earlier years be added together as there is some element of duplication involved.

(2) Because of the different methods of calculating redundancies prior to 1981, the TTWA figures for 1979 and 1980 will not match the published figures for the Wales Region.

(3) Insufficient information is available for the period prior to 1981 to enable county notifications to be given.

(4) The figures should not he regarded as comprehensive. The Employment Protection Act 1975 requires that the Secretary of State for Employment be notified when an employer intends to make 10 or more workers redundant within a period of 30 days or less; or intends to make 100 or more employees redundant over a period of 90 days or less. Redundancies on a small scale are therefore omitted.

(5) Since January 1981 redundancies of seasonal workers have not been included in the statistics.