§ Mr. Elystan Morganasked the Secretary of State for Employment what is the total number of redundancies notified in Wales in 1972 to date; and in which occupations these have occurred.
§ Mr. Chichester-ClarkThis information is not available in the form requested. However, redundancies notified to my Department in Wales during the period 1st January to 16th June, 1972, involved the following numbers of workpeople in each of the main industrial groups:
Mining and Quarrying … 310 Food, Drink and Tobacco … 320 Chemicals and Allied Industries … 130 Metal Manufacture … 1,800 Mechanical Engineering … 520 Instrument Engineering … 410 Electrical Engineering … 350 Vehicles … 220 Other Metal Goods … 390 Clothing and Footwear … 120 Bricks, Pottery, Glass, Cement, etc … 440 Timber, Furniture, etc. … 150 Paper, Printing and Publishing … 260 Construction … 100 Distributive Trades … 290 Other industries and services … 290 Total … 6,100