§ Mr. Donald Stewartasked the Secretary of State for Employment how many redundancies were notified in Scotland under section 100 of the Employment Protection Act in each of the last 12 months.
§ Mr. Jim LesterThe number of proposed redundancies notified to my Department612W under the redundancy handling provisions of the Employment Protection Act 1975 for Scotland, from 1 June 1979 to 31 May 1980, is as follows :
Employees Establishments 1979— June 9,621 91 July 3,495 63 August 4,628 93 September 5,472 87 October 12,557 108 November 9,618 161 December 6,570 111 1980— January 5,850 136 February 8,061 133 March 5,311 130 April 6,695 142 May 9,794 161 Total 87,672 1,416 During the same period 17,820 redundancies at 263 establishments were formally withdrawn. There is no statutory requirement to notify my Department when proposed redundancies do not take place.
I am informed by the Manpower Services Commission that the number of redundancies notified to it as due to occur in Scotland from 1 June 1979 to 31 May 1980 is as follows :
Employees 1979— June 2,783 July 2,420 August 2,140 September 3,731 October 2,472 November 3,697 December 6,990 980— January 2,844 February 4,163 March 5,523 April 3,190* May 2,812* Total 42,765 * These figures are provisional since some notifications are received late. Both Department of Employment and Manpower Services Commission figures are for redundancies involving 10 or more employees.