HC Deb 18 February 1957 vol 565 c9W
95. Mr. R. Williams

asked 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 Jones

It 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.