§ Mr. Sillarsasked the Secretary of State for Employment what was the number 323W of redundancies notified to his Department in Scotland, month by month, since July, 1970, to the nearest convenient date.
§ Mr. Dudley SmithComprehensive information is not available as all redundancies are not notified to the Department. Records show that redundancies involving the following numbers of work-people were notified in Scotland during the periods stated:
A number of the redundancies listed are not due to become effective until later this year.
9th June, 1970 to 13th July, 1970 2,900 14th, July, 1970 to 10th August, 1970 2,800 11th August, 1970 to 14th September, 1970 3,900 15th September, 1970 to 12th October, 1970 3,200 13th October, 1970 to 9th November, 1970 4,000 10th November, 1970 to 7th December, 1970 2,400 8th December, 1970 to 11th January 1971 3,500