§ 48. Mr. John Evansasked the Secretary of State for Employment how many redundancies in North-West England have been notified to his Department during 1980.
§ Mr. Jim LesterThe number of proposed redundancies notified to my Department under the redundancy handling provisions of the Employment Protection Act 1975 for the North-West region from 1 January to 31 May 1980 involved 66,901 employees at 1,327 establishments.
During the same period, 17,733 redundancies at 348 establishments were formally withdrawn. There is no statutory requirement to notify my Department when proposed redundancies do not take place.
88WI am informed by the Manpower Services Commission that the number of redundancies notified to it as due to occur in the North-West region from 1 January to 31 May 1980 involved 28,071 employees. This figure is provisional since some notifications are received late.
Both Department of Employment and Manpower Services Commission figures are for redundancies involving 10 or more employees.