§ Mr. Sillarsasked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will state the total number of redundancies in Scotland notified to his Department during the first six months of this year; and if he will show how this compares with the same period in each of the past five years.
§ Mr. John FraserThe total number of redundancies in Scotland notified to my Department during the first six months of this year was 5,854. The figures for the same period in each of the past five years are:
1969 8,289 1970 13,587 1971 24,608 1972 13,215 1973 6,384