HC Deb 01 April 1971 vol 814 cc428-9W
Mr. John Smith

asked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will publish a list of the redundancies in Scotland notified to his Department in each month since June, 1970, to the latest available date.

Mr. Bryan

Redundancies involving the following number of workpeople were notified in Scotland between 9th June, 1970 and 8th March, 1971:

9th June, 1970–13th July, 1970 2,900
14th July, 1970–10th August, 1970 2,800
11th August, 1970–14th September, 3,900
15th September, 1970–12th October, 3,200
13th October, 1970–9th November, 1970 4,000
10th November, 1970–7th December, 1970 2,400
8th December, 1970–11th January, 1971 3,500
12th January, 1971–8th February, 1971 5,000
9th February, 1971–8th March, 1971 6,500*
* The above figure includes approximately 1,700 redundancies notified by Rolls-Royce on 8th March 1971.

A number of the redundancies listed are not due to become effective until later this year.

Mr. John Smith

asked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will publish a list of redundancies notified to his Department in the North Lanarkshire employment area and Lanarkshire, respectively, since June, 1970.

Mr. Bryan

Not all redundancies are notified to my Department, but the numbers recorded for the North Lanarkshire travel-to-work area and Lanarkshire during the period 9th June, 1970, to 8th March, 1971, were 4,000 and 4.100 respectively. These figures include a number which are not due to become effective until later this year and approximately 900 redundancies notified by Rolls-Royce on 8th March, 1971.