§ Mr. William Hamiltonasked the Secretary of State for Employment and Productivity, if she will provide a detailed analysis showing the total number of men made redundant following the closure of the Michael Colliery in Fife, the number who have obtained work at other collieries, the number who have left the industry, the number who have accepted re-training, and the number still unemployed.
§ Mr. FernyhoughOf the 2,193 workers who were employed at the colliery, 94 are still employed, 997 were redeployed to other collieries, four have retired and 1,098 were declared redundant. Of those redundant, five have gone back to coal-mining, 488 have been placed or have found work in other industries, 10 are undergoing training at Government training centres, one is at an industrial rehabilitation unit, 12 have died, 27 are sick, one has emigrated, and 406 are registered as unemployed. No information is available about the remaining 148.