95. Mr. R. Williamsasked the Minister of Supply how many workers are employed in industrial grades at the Royal Ordnance Factory, Wigan; how many of these are likely to be dismissed within the next three months on the ground that they are redundant; to what extent similar dismissals are likely in the case of members of the staff not in industrial grades; and what arrangements are being made to help those who are dismissed to obtain suitable employment.
§ Mr. Aubrey JonesIt would not be in the public interest to disclose the size of the labour force at individual Royal Ordnance factories. Two hundred and fifty, together with 17 non-industrial employees, will be discharged from the Royal Ordnance Factory, Wigan, as redundant during April and May next. Every effort will be made by the management, in co-operation with local officials of the Ministry of Labour and National Service, to help the redundant employees to find suitable alternative employment.