HC Deb 16 March 1971 vol 813 cc303-4W
Mr. Douglas

asked the Secretary of State for Employment what were the number of redundancies in Scotland for the period June, 1970, to March, 1971, with a breakdown by economic subregion and subtracting those incurred in construction and manufacturing.

Mr. Dudley Smith

Not all redundancies are notified to my Department, but the following are the numbers recorded for each of the economic subregions of Scotland during the period 9th June, 1970, to 8th March, 1971:

Economic Sub-Region Total Manufacturing included Construction included
Glasgow 17,719 8,307 392
Falkirk-Stirling 2,807 1,721 9
Edinburgh 6,003 3,892 128
Tayside 2,668 2,046 100
Border 1,027 881 —
South Western 44 24 5
Aberdeen and North East 797 495 —
Highlands 1,180 430 47
GRAND TOTAL 32,245 17,796 681