§ 34. Mr. Wilkinsonasked the Secretary of State for Employment what was the total number of redundancies in the wool textile industry in the Bradford-Shipley area during 1970; what percentage of those affected found further employment in that industry; what percentage is now in work in other industries; and what percentage remains unemployed.
§ Mr. Dudley SmithRedundancies involving approximately 2,200 employees in the wool textile industry were recorded as due to occur in 1970 in the Bradford-Shipley area. I regret that information about what happened to all of these workers is not available. However, of those now in employment who registered and told us where they subsequently started work, about two thirds have returned to the wool textile industry.