§ Mr. Frank R. Whiteasked the Secretary of State for Employment how many people, and for how long over the last 12 months period's quarterly figures, have been made redundant, temporarily laid off or on short-time working, in the Bury and Radcliffe area.
§ Mr. John FraserI am informed by the Manpower Services Commission that redundancies involving the following numbers of people were recorded in the Bury travel-to-work area during the last 12 months.
Quarterly Period Recorded Redundancies 1st November 1974 to 31st January 1975 4 1st February 1975 to 30th April 1975 324 1st May 1975 to 31st July 1975 146 1st August 1975 to 31st October 1975 126 Total 600 My Department knows of 700 workers who are currently on short time in the Bury travel-to-work area. Comparable figures for earlier dates are not available.