§ Mr. Thomas Coxasked the Secretary of State for Employment what was the number of registered redundancies in each region of the United Kingdom during the period from 18th June, 1970.
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§ Mr. Dudley SmithI regret that information is not available in the form required. However, the numbers of redundancies recorded by my Department as due to occur in each region of Great Britain during the period 1st June, 1970, to 31st October, 1971, are:
Number of redundancies Northern 27,600 Yorkshire and Humberside 41,800 Eastern and Southern 57,900 London and South Eastern 62,700 South Western 16,900 Wales 17,400 Midland 60,500 North Western 70,400 Scotland 59,100 These figures are subject to amendment on account of belated reports of redundancies.