§ Mrs. Ann Taylorasked the Secretary of State for Employment what is the number of redundancies that have been notified to his Department for the Bolton 488W travel-to-work area in the 12 months following May 1979.
§ Mr. Jim LesterThe number of proposed redundancies notified to my Department under the redundancy handling provisions of the Employment Protection Act 1975, in the Bolton travel-to-work area for May 1979 to April 1980, is as follows:
Employees Establishments May 1979 83 3 June 1979 55 3 July 1979 226 August 1979 860 September 1979. 83 3 October 1979 558 7 November 1979. 230 4 December 1979. 875 11 January 1980 589 9 February 1980 729 10 March 1980 549 13 April 1980 258 7 Total 5,095 79 During the same period 1,643 redundancies at 79 establishments formally withdrawn.
The figures for May 1980 are not yet available.
I am informed by the Manpower Services Commission that the number of redundancies notified to it as due to occur in the Bolton travel-to-work area for May 1979 to Anril 1980 is as follows:
Employees May 1979 209 June 86 July 291 August 194 September 218 October 80 November 153 December 660 January 1980 27 February 72 March 233* April 148* Total 2,371 *Provisional figures The figures for May 1980 are not yet available.