HC Deb 25 April 1980 vol 983 cc292-4W
Mrs. Renée Short

asked the Secretary of State for Employment how many firms and companies in the Wolverhampton area notified redundancies to his Department for January, February and March; how many workers were affected in each case; and if he will list the similar figures for the 12 months of 1979.

Mr. Jim Lester:

The numbers of proposed redundancies notified to my Department under the redundancy handling provisions of the Employment Protection Act 1975 in the Wolverhampton travel-to-work area for January to March 1980, and 1979 were as follows:

Employees Establishments
1980—
January 366 5
February 157 5
March 450 7
Total 973 17
1979—
January 119 2
February 861 7
March 401 9
April 1,967 5
May 237 6
June 850 5
July 182 3
August 279 5
September 294 6
October 242 5
November 41 2
December 314 6
Total 5,787 61

During the period January to March 1980, 209 redundancies at three establishments were formally withdrawn; and in 1979, 1,124 redundancies at 13 establishments were formally withdrawn.

I am informed by the Manpower Services Commission that the number of redundancies notified to it as due to occur in the Wolverhampton travel-to-work area for January to March 1980, and 1979 was as follows:

Employees
1980—
January 40
February 44*
March 125*
Total 209

Employees
1979—
January 40
February 205
March
April 75
May 692
June 41
July 395
August 242
September 438
October 38
November 393
December 103
Total 2,662
*Figures are provisional to take account of late notifications.