§ Mr. Norman Hoggasked the Secretary of State for Employment how many redundancies there have been in the Strathclyde region for each month in 1979; and how many are forecast.
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§ Mr. Jim LesterIt is not known how many redundancies have actually taken place. However, I am informed by the Manpower Services Commission that the number of workers involved in redundancies affecting 10 or more notified as due to occur in the Strathclyde region during 1979 was as follows:
January, 916
February, 551
March, 1,264
April, 1,332
May, 1,364
June, 1,597
July, 748
August, 1,666
September, 2,935
October, 1,101
November, 2,612
December, 5,345
So far, redundancies in Strathclyde involving 3,937 employees have been notified to the Manpower Services Commission as due to occur in 1980.