§ Mr. Barry Jonesasked the Secretary of State for Wales how many men and women are currently employed in the textile mills of Holywell, Greenfield and Flint in the constituency of the hon. Member for Flint East; what is his estimate of the number of jobs lost, by men and women, in those townships in the years 1970 to 1978; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. Nicholas EdwardsInformation about numbers employed by individual firms is obtained in confidence. Job losses arising from notified redundancies 459W since March 1976 in the employment office areas of Flint and Holywell are shown below.
REDUNDANCIES NOTIFIED TO DEPARTMENT OF EMPLOYMENT Year Flint Local Employment Office Area Holywell Local Employment Office Area 1976* 1,500 621 1977 — 60 1978 72 52 * From March. Information for earlier years is not available.