§ Mr. Wigleyasked the Secretary of State for Employment how many redundancies have been reported to employment offices in Wales during each of the last 12 months.
§ Mr. GoldingI am informed by the Manpower Services Commission that the Employment Service Agency maintains records based on reports completed by its local officers of those redundancies which, having been notified as proposals to dismiss as required by Section 100 of the Employment Protection Act, are finally recorded as due to occur. The agency's figures for each of the last 12 months are as follows:
NUMBER OF REDUNDANCIES RECORDED AS DUE TO OCCUR Month March 1976 1,040 April 1976 910 May 1976 890 June 1976 480 July 1976 450 August 1976 500 September 1976 400 October 1976 1,010 November 1976 490 December 1976 990 January 1977 1,430 February 1977 1,120 Total (to the nearest hundred): 9,700 Prior to 8th March 1976, when the redundancy-handling provisions of the Employment Protection Act came into force, notifications of redundancies were submitted to the Employment Service Agency on a voluntary basis. The figures 210W above include notifications made to the agency prior to this date.