HC Deb 03 July 1972 vol 840 cc24-5W
Mr. Sillars

asked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will state the total number of redundancies notified to him in the last two years, in Scotland, by nationalised industries, by the public sector taken as a whole and by the private sector.

Mr. Dudley Smith

Redundancies involving 78,700 workpeople in Scotland were notified to my Department in the period 9th June, 1970, to 12th June,1972. A breakdown of these figures by nationalised industries, the public sector taken as a whole and by the private sector is not available and can be obtained only by a disproportionate charge on public funds.