§ Mr. Sillarsasked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will publish a table showing the number of redundancies in Scotland as notified to his Department in each of the past 12 months.
§ Mr. Harold WalkerI am informed by the Manpower Services Commission that the information is as follows:322W
Month Redundancies recorded as due to occur December 1973 870 January 1974 890 February 1974 540 March 1974 2,760 April 1974 720 May 1974 480 June 1974 540 July 1974 1,590 August 1974 2,020 September 1974 1,300 *October 1974 1,750 *November 1974 1,770 *Because of late notifications and amendments the final figures are not yet known.