HC Deb 08 November 1971 vol 825 cc91-2W
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. Dudley Smith

Redundancies in Scotland involving the following numbers of workpeople were notified to my Department between 9th June 1970, and 10th October, 1971:—

9th June, 1970–13th July, 1970 2,900
14th July, 1970–10th August, 1970 2,800
11th August, 1970–14th September, 1970 3,900
15th September, 1970–12th October, 1970 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 4,900
9th February, 1971–8th March, 1971 *6,500
9th March, 1971–5th April, 1971 4,000
6th April, 1971–10th May, 1971 3,800
11th May, 1971–14th June, 1971 3,700
15th June, 1971–12th July, 1971 2,800
13th July, 1971–09th August, 1971 2,200
10th August, 1971–13th September, 1971 3,600
14th September, 1971–11th October, 1971 2,000
*This figure includes approximately 1,700 redundancies notified by Rolls-Royce on 8th March, 1971.
Some of the redundancies listed are not due to become effective until later in the year.