§ Mr. Woofasked the Secretary of State for Employment how many redundancies, notified to his Department, took place in each of the economic planning regions of Great Britain in 1976; and how many were involved in each region.
§ Mr. GoldingI am informed by the Manpower Services Commission that information about redundancies which actually took place is not available. However, redundancies which were notified to the local offices of the Employment Service Agency as due to occur in each of the economic planning regions in Great Britain in 1976; and the numbers involved in each of these regions is as follows:
Region Redundancies notified as due to occur Numbers involved South-East 623 36,810 East Anglia 70 3,570 South-West 284 13,310 West Midlands 208 15,420 East Midlands 138 8,130 Yorkshire and Humberside 272 14,600 North-West 496 27,650 North 284 16,530 Wales 209 9,090 Scotland 367 21,850 Great Britain 2,951 166,960