§ Mr. Johnasked the Secretary of State for Employment how many redundancies have occurred in the Pontypridd and Llantrisant employment exchange areas since June, 1970; and how many are announced to take place in the next three months.
§ Mr. Dudley SmithNot all redundancies are notified to my Department and it is not the practice to keep records of every minor redundancy. However, our records show that 771 redundancies have occurred in the Pontypridd employment exchange area, and 235 in the Llantrisant exchange area in the period from 1st June, 1970, to 31st October, 1971. In the Pontypridd exchange area 225 redundancies have been recorded as due to take place in the period from 1st November, 1971, to 31st January, 1972; none have been recorded for the Llantrisant area.