§ Mr. Thomas Coxasked the Secretary of State for Employment what major closures of industry have taken place in the Greater London Council area for the years 1977, 1978 and 1979; and how many redundancies were caused by these closures.
§ Mr. MayhewFor the Greater London Council area, the intended closures involving 300 or more employees that were notified to the Department of Employment in 1977, 1978 and 1979 under the redundancy handling provisions of the Employment Protection Act 1975 are as follows:
Number of closures Number of employees 1977 1 360 1978 7 11,960 1979 7 4,830 Employers are not required to notify the Department if proposed redundancies and closures do not take place. I am unable to give the names of the firms concerned, since they have been given to my Department in confidence.
§ Mr. Thomas Coxasked the Secretary of State for Employment how many men and women are registered as unemployed in the Greater London Council area.
§ Mr. Jim LesterAt 10 January the provisional numbers of males and females564W registered as unemployed in the Greater London Council area were 106,679 and 36,757, respectively.