HC Deb 28 March 1979 vol 965 cc201-3W
Mr. Henderson

asked the Secretary of State for Employment how many redun-

for any month before July 1977, and separate figures for expenditure in Scotland and England are not available for the period prior to 1 April 1978. Statistics from these dates up to the end of February 1979 are given in the following schedule:

Torpoint sections of the Plymouth travel-to-work area and the Gunnislake section of the Tavistock exchange area.

Mr. Golding

, pursuant to his reply [Official Report, 27 March 1979; Vol. 965, col. 108], gave the following answer:

Following is the available information at 11 January.

dancies have been notified to his Department under section 100 of the Employment Protection Act in each of the last 24 months in Scotland and in England, respectively.

Mr. Golding

During the period January 1977 to February 1979, proposed redundancies in all industries in Scotland and England notified to my Department under the provisions of Section 100 of the Employment Protection Act 1975 were as follows:

Scotland England
January 1977 9,456 36,511
February 1977 5,353 41,262
March 1977 5,477 45,062
April 1977 10,483 37,068
May 1977 5,808 43,929
June 1977 10,601 46,380
July 1977 6,010 47,403
August 1977 6,577 33,646
September 1977 4,137 39,140
October 1977 7,202 34,785
November 1977 7,107 38,073
December 1977 6,223 38,569
January 1978 5,547 38,772
February 1978 4,657 47,176
March 1978 6,636 47,794
April 1978 4,577 40,435
May 1978 4,676 43,603
June 1978 6,491 44,260
July 1978 5,469 32,111
August 1978 3,912 32,538
September 1978 5,922 33,229
October 1978 4,451 34,221
November 1978 4,699 31,114
December 1978 4,437 30,909
January 1979 5,766 37,842
February 1979 5,363 36,072
Total 157,037 1,011,904

During the period January 1977 to January 1979 the total number of proposed redundancies which have been formaly withdrawn is as follows:

Scotland 48,783
England 342,478