§ Mrs. Renée Shortasked the Secretary of State for Employment how many firms 293W 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314 6 Total 5,787 61 During the period January to March 1980, 209 redundancies at three establishments were formally withdrawn; and in 1979, 1,124 redundancies at 13 establishments were formally withdrawn.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:
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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.