§ Miss Wrightasked the Secretary of State for Employment how many firms in the Aston employment office area have (a) closed entirely, (b) notified their intention to close and (c) notified redundancies; and how many in the six months ending 30 June.
§ Mr. Jim LesterInformation regarding the number of firms which have closed entirely is not available. However, the number of proposed closures and redundancies notified to my Department under the redundancy handling provisions of the Employment Protection Act 1975 for the Aston employment office area from 1 January to 30 June 1980 is as follows:
(a) Proposed closures
96 employees at three establishments (included in (b) below)
Region Number of applications awaiting consideration Numbers of claims approved Number of potentially redundant jobs Number of workers on short-time Northern … … … 36 85 4,255 8,337 Yorkshire and Humberside … 113 207 7,883 13,480 Midlands … … … 371 410 19,817 40,160 North-West … … … 225 219 11,077 18,530 London … … … 41 42 2,305 5,103 South-East … … … 60 60 3,408 7,951 South-West … … … 60 35 1,351 3,288 England … … … 906 1,058 50,096 96,849