HC Deb 18 January 1978 vol 942 cc254-6W
Mr. Knox

asked the Secretary of State for Employment how many redundancies were notified to his Department in each economic planning region in each month during the past five years.

Mr. Golding

I am informed by the Manpower Services Commission that the number of redundancies notified to local offices of the Employment Service Agency as due to occur in each economic planning region in each month during the past five years is as follows:

1975
Area January February March April May June
Scotland 3,810 2,753 3,231 1,468 2,421 3,996
London and South East 6,295 5,032 5,508 3,639 7,340 6,159
Wales 1,862 1,187 871 1,452 1,229 863
South West 2,614 1,037 1,017 714 2,030 1,056
West Midlands 4,563 2,806 2,281 1,565 5,150 4,657
Northern 915 1,107 872 1,843 1,678 1,743
North West 2,691 3,254 3,118 3,748 1,938 2,559
Yorkshire and Humberside 2,527 3,671 1,420 1,124 1,778 774
East Midlands 1,681 2,528 1,000 615 1,254 870
East Anglia 1,235 733 506 192 525 701
1975
Area July August September October November December
Scotland 2,396 2,154 1,644 2,975 2,473 1,168
London and South East 5,311 4,874 4,020 4,883 4,476 5,061
Wales 1,961 1,415 1,183 910 1,403 963
South West 650 904 1,319 1,284 1,044 1,344
West Midlands 3,125 2,057 3,355 1,611 1,586 1,734
Northern 1,836 862 997 1369 986 935
North West 2,387 2,306 2,500 3,429 2,923 1,517
Yorkshire and Humberside 1,938 3,031 1,919 2,429 1,624 1,747
East Midlands 1,341 932 760 1,660 634 991
East Anglia 326 312 537 493 355 344
1976
Area January February March April May June
Scotland 1,854 3,858 1,976 2,197 1,688 1,292
London and South East 4,148 4,330 4,891 3,625 2,378 2,550
Wales 643 694 1044 912 887 483
South West 1,497 446 716 867 1,004 602
West Midlands 5,998 1,320 1,602 1,417 955 477
Northern 1,900 1,766 1,930 1,104 1,202 2,714
North West 3,479 2,074 2,156 1,467 945 2,458
Yorkshire and Humberside 2,696 1,181 2,318 1,685 912 704
East Midlands 589 1,160 692 517 577 800
East Anglia 139 276 224 414 366 214
1976
Area July August September October November December
Scotland 2,181 1,280 778 1,272 1,381 1,872
London and South East 3,222 1,789 1,424 3,025 2,121 2,882
Wales 449 497 303 1,010 487 986
South West 886 742 1,104 3,528 994 720
West Midlands 880 217 187 887 960 453
Northern 1,320 544 566 996 781 1,551
North West 2,432 2,579 1,421 2,984 1,844 3,404
Yorkshire and Humberside 1,137 1,151 714 1,089 293 512
East Midlands 1,017 279 534 637 597 596
East Anglia 542 212 2,861 342 224 250
1977
Area January February March April May June
Scotland 2,247 1,381 1,455 3,410 2,865 3,276
London and South East 1,716 1,449 2,360 3,249 1,346 1,824
Wales 1,508 1,216 723 856 1,573 622
South West 1,028 650 937 569 1,039 602
West Midlands 713 717 441 277 399 245
Northern 2,039 734 1,830 1,094 2,090 2,018
North West 3,378 1,604 2,360 2,873 2,579 3,117
Yorkshire and Humberside 1,908 332 1,105 1,735 1,227 436
East Midlands 476 465 834 717 284 366
East Anglian 820 91 199 108 108 107
1977
Area July August September October November December
Scotland 3,822 2,207 1,863 3,196 2,505* 1,394*
London and South East 2,624 1,670 2,577 2,398 1,175* 1,572*
Wales 726 647 896 1,278 993* 540*
South West 1,040 613 1,024 3,278 907* 856*
West Midlands 840 242 531 696 763* 236*
Northern 1,017 1,217 1,590 2,131 1,479* 2,568*
North West 2,804 3,030 2,936 2,881 1,827* 1,883*
Yorkshire and Humberside 1,027 1,392 839 1,107 759* 609*
East Midlands 477 530 260 520 221* 364*
East Anglia 269 333 370 151 197* 86*
* These figures are provisional.

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