§ Q11. Mr. Edelmanasked the Prime Minister what reports Her Majesty's Government have now received about the redeployment of workers released for other work as a result of the cancellation of the HS681 contract at the Hawker-Siddeley factory, Baginton.
§ The Prime MinisterAbout 1,900 workers have left the Baginton factory68W since the cancellation of the HS681 contract and of these only 62 are still registered as unemployed. We do not have exact records of the jobs now being done by those who have left the factory. Some have found other jobs in the aircraft industry and the indications are that a high proportion have found work in the vehicle, engineering and electrical goods industries, many of them on work for export.