§ 76. Mr. Maclennanasked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will publish in the OFFICIAL REPORT a table showing for each standard region the
(Thousands) June, 1964 June, 1965 June, 1966 June, 1967 June, 1968 June, 1969(a) June, 1969(b) June, 1970 March, 1971 (provisional) South East … 8,420 7,962 8,013 7,881 7,856 7,835 7,791 7,698 7,513 East Anglia … 597 609 606 607 626 632 637 604 South West … 1,320 1,326 1,339 1,315 1,312 1,295 1,304 1,310 1,292 West Midlands … 2,311 2,346 2,375 2,300 2,271 2,271 2,278 2,259 2,218 East Midlands … 3,468 1,413 1,426 1,424 1,398 1,402 1,395 1,392 1,381 Yorkshire and Humberside 2,081 2,094 2,034 2,002 1,997 2,001 1,976 1,947 North West … 2,978 2,984 2,999 2,926 2,899 2,883 2,892 2,842 2,802 North … 1,277 1,301 1,309 1,279 1,255 1,253 1,258 1,270 1,248 Wales … 979 985 986 952 950 936 942 935 914 Scotland … 2,121 2,139 2,143 2,100 2,086 2,091 2,098 2,077 2,042 Notes:
(1) For South East, East Anglia, East Midlands and Yorkshire and Humberside standard regions, separate estimates are not available for June, 1964.
(2) The estimates from June, 1969(b) include improved information about the location of employees in employment in the distributive trades.
(3) The latest estimates at present available are for March, 1971 and are provisional. Estimates for June, 1971 are expected to become available next month.
§ 77. Mr. Roperasked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will list in the OFFICIAL REPORT the total number of redundancies for each standard region between January, 1970, and the latest
428Wnumber of employees in employment for each year from 1964 up to and including 1971; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. Dudley SmithFollowing is the available information:
convenient date, giving the number of these for each region for which his Department was given one month's but less than three months' notice, three months' but less than six months' notice, 429W six months' but less than 12 months' notice, and more than 12 months' notice; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. BryanThe following table gives the numbers of workpeople recorded as due to be made redundant in each of the standard regions during the period 1st January, 1970, to 31st December, 1971. Information regarding the period of notice given in respect of these redundancies is not readily available and could only be obtained at a disproportionate charge on public funds.
Standard Region Numbers involved Northern 38,010 Yorks & Humberside 52,670 South Eastern 153,870 East Anglia 11,760 South Western 21,810 Wales 22,930 West Midlands 56,880 East Midlands 27,630 North Western 93,840 Scotland 75,990 Great Britain 555,390 NOTE. The figures for 1971 included in the total are provisional figures uniformly adjusted to take account of belated information received up to 2 months late.