§ Mr. Hendersonasked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will list in the Official Report the number of redundancies notified to his Department in each month of the past two years in Scotland and England, respectively.
§ Mr. Golding:For each month from October 1976 to October 1978 proposed redundancies in all industries in Scotland, England and Wales have been notified to my Department as follows:
Scotland England Wales October 1976 7,243 45,300 4,540 November 1976 7,026 28,365* 2,781 December 1976 12,277 14,309* 2,758 January 1977 9,456 36,511 2,553 February1977 5,353 41,262 3,529 March 1977 5,477 45,062 3,475 April 1977 10,483 37,068 3,300 May 1977 5,808 43,929 3,680 June 1977 10,601 46,380 5,919 July 1977 6,010 47,403 1,897 August 1977 6,577 33,646 1,750 September 1977 4,137 39,140 2,653 October 1977 7,202 34,785 3,020 November 1977 7,107 38,073 4,703 December 1977 6,223 38,569 2,786 January 1978 5,547 38,772 2,948 February1978 4,657 47,176 2,458 March 1978 6,636 47,794 2,991 April 1978 4,577 40,435 2,759 May 1978 4,676 43,663 2,427 June 1978 6,491 44,260 5,524 July 1978 5,469 32,111 1,510 August 1978 3,912 32,538 2,239 September 1978 5,922 33,229 2,383 October 1978 4,451 34,221 1,649 Total 163,318 963,941* 76,232 During the same period the total number of proposed redundancies which have been formally withdrawn is as follows:—
Scotland England Wales 52,171 344,594 27,683 *Owing to industrial action complete figures are not available here and could be calculated only at disproportionate cost.