§ Mr. Richard Wainwrightasked the Secretary of State for Employment how many persons employed in the wool and worsted textile industry have been made redundant in each month of the past year; and what proportion of the total number each month is still unemployed.
§ Mr. John FraserI am informed by the Manpower Services Commission that the following numbers of people were recorded as having been made redundant in the woollen and worsted textile industry during the past year:
1974 July … … … … 40 August … … … … 250 September … … … … 220 October … … … … 410 November … … … … 790 December … … … … 470 1975 January … … … … 540 February … … … … 420 March … … … … 390 April … … … … 180 May … … … … 420 June … … … … 180 Total 4,310 Information about the proportion of those redundant workers who are still unemployed is not readily available and could be obtained only by a disproportionate charge on public funds.