§ Mr. Sillarsasked the Secretary of State for Employment what has been the total number of redundancies in Scotland as notified to his Department in 1975 and 1976 to the nearest available date; and if he will break these figures down by employment sector.
REDUNDANCIES NOTIFIED AS DUE TO OCCUR IN SCOTLAND DURING THE PERIOD 1ST JANUARY 1975–30TH JUNE 1976 Order No. 1975 January-June 1976 I Agriculture, forestry, fishing … … 38 — II Mining and Quarrying … … 759 98 III Food, drink and tobacco … … 2,675 1,216 IV Coal and petroleum products … … — — V Chemicals and allied industries … … 122 — VI Metal manufacture … … 742 1,167 VII Mechanical engineering … … 4,710 1,443 VIII Instrument engineering … … 698 163 IX Electrical engineering … … 5,314 975 X Shipbuilding and marine engineering … … 328 558 XI Vehicles … … 838 1,760 XII Metal goods not elsewhere specified … … 1,131 88 XIII Textiles … … 3,258 954 XIV Leather, leather goods and fur … … — 35 XV Clothing and footwear … … 1,571 1,065 XVI Bricks, pottery, glass, cement, etc. … … 945 466 XVII Timber, furniture, etc. … … 555 101 XVIII Paper, printing and publishing … … 1,421 377 XIX Other manufacturing industries … … 914 92 XX Construction … … 2,431 1 209 XXI Gas, electricity and water … … 84 — XXII Transport and communication … … 452 22 XXIII Distributive trades … … 810 436 XXIV Insurance, banking, finance and business services … … 115 331 XXV Professional and scientific services … … 28 44 XXVI Miscellaneous services … … 428 111 XXVII Public administration and defence … … 122 — TOTAL … … 30,489 12,711* * This figure is provisional.