§ Mr. Gwynoro Jonesasked the Secretary of State for Employment (1) if he will give the average monthly figure of the number of people made redundant in Wales in 1972; and what were the figures for 1970 and 1971;
(2) if he will give the average monthly number of people made redundant in Great Britain in 1972; and what were the figures for 1970 and 1971.
§ Mr. Chichester-ClarkThe average monthly figures of redundancies notified to my Department as due to occur in 243W Wales and Great Britain respectively in the last three years are as follows:
Wales Great Britain 1970 … … 750 18,420 1971 … … 1,250 28,000 1972 … … 940 15,610 The figures for 1972 are provisional at this stage.