§ Mr. Buchananasked the Secretary of State for Employment how many firms declared redundancies in the Glasgow travel-to-work area in the last two quarters of 1970 and the first quarter of 1971; what were the numbers involved in each case; how many firms have given notice of future redundancies; and how many workpeople are involved.
ESTIMATED NUMBERS OF EMPLOYEES, EMPLOYED AND UNEMPLOYED, IN THE BANFF, BUCKIE AND KEITH EMPLOYMENT EXCHANGE AREAS IN CERTAIN INDUSTRIES AND GROUPS OF INDUSTRIES AS PERCENTAGES OF EMPLOYEES IN ALL INDUSTRIES AND SERVICES Fishing Agriculture and horticulture Food, drink and tobacco Manufacturing industries except foot drink and tobacco Number Per cent. Number Per cent. Number Per cent. Number Per cent. (100's) (100's) (100's) (100's) June, 1963 … … 1.4 11 1.8 15 0.9 7 1.6 13 June, 1964 … … 1.1 9 1.9 16 0.9 8 1.6 13 June, 1965 … … 1.1 9 1.7 13 0.9 8 1.7 13 June, 1966 … … 1.2 10 1.5 13 0.9 8 1.7 14 June, 1967 … … 1.2 11 1.3 11 1.0 9 1.7 15 June, 1968 … … 1.1 10 1.2 10 0.9 8 1.8 16 June, 1969 … … 1.1 10 1.0 9 0.9 8 1.8 17 The local employment estimates from which these figures are obtained, the latest of which are for June, 1969, do not purport to measure small changes in individual industries from one year to another. For this reason and also to avoid disclosing particulars about individual firms, figures are given for (1) fishing, (2) agriculture and horticulture, (3) the industry order food, drink and tobacco and (4) the remainder of manufacturing industry.