HC Deb 27 June 1980 vol 987 cc325-8W
Dr. David Clark

asked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will list in the Official Report the number of notified redundancies and closures of firms in the Northern region in each of the last 12 months for which figures are available.

Proposed redundancies (including closures) Closures
Employees Establishments Employees Establishments
1979—
June 2,252 38 259 6
July 2,871 57 309 12
August 2,002 41 453 10
September 5,079 59 1,156 20
October 3,624 78 701 17
November 3,545 60 837 18
December 5,358 74 618 19
1980—
January 7,178 132 1,706 23
February 6,390 106 2,444 27
March 6,230 109 780 21
April 6,882 90 1,491 27
May 9,045 107 2,944 33
Total 60,456 951 13,698 233

During the same period, 12,198 redundancies at 122 establishments were formally withdrawn. There is no statutory requirement to notify the Department

Mr. Jim Lester

I am informed by the Manpower Services Commission that the information is as follows:

Mr. Jim Lester

The number of proposed redundancies notified to my Department under the redundancy handling provisions of the Employment Protection Act 1975, including closures, in the Northern region, in each of the last 12 months is as follows:

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 occur in the Northern region in each the last 12 months is as follows:

Employees
1979—
June 2,401
July 1,627
August 678
September 1,363
October 880
November 1,869
December 1,175
1980—
January 1,866
February 2,508
March 1,541
April 2,074*
May 1,677*
Total 19,659
*These figures are provisional since some notifications are received late.

January February March April May
Scotland 5,850 8,061 5,311 6,695 9,794
(5,766) (5,363) (6,404) (5,712) (5,298)
Northern 7,178 6,390 6,230 6,882 9,045
(8,184) (1,028) (4,246) (2,799) (3,219)
North-West 12,186 12,339 11,689 15,168 15,509
(8,403) (9,389) (8,835) (5,800) (4,960)
Yorkshire and Humberside 7,150 8,415 9,789 8,735 12,410
(4,575) (3,460) (5,705) (4,679) (4,580)
Midlands 11,631 14,757 17,601 17,537 25,250
(8,144) (9,310) (9,221) (10,074) (5,845)
Wales 13,881 7,763 6,948 4,717 5,192
(1,883) (1,478) (3,552) (1,778) (1,236)
South-West 3,760 3,198 2,341 2,469 5,707
(1,883) (2,777) (2,400) (1,503) (2,054)
London 6,816 6,341 6,003 8,328 7,586
(3,166) (4,066) (4,377) (5,119) (4,187)
South-East 7,938 10,775 6,834 4,914 7,811
(3,487) (6,042) (5,374) (2,449) (4,311)
Great Britain Totals 76,390 78,039 72,756 75,445 98,304
(45,491) (42,913) (50,114) (39,913) (35,690)

During the same periods the following redundancies were formally withdraw:

Scotland 5,740 (5,855)
Northern 8,626 (3,576)
North-West 17,733 (7,978)
York & Humberside 12,770 (8,396)
Midlands 18,556 (14,756)
Wales 8,420 (3,177)
South-West 1,516 (3,235)
London 1,488 (2,508)
South-East 6,801 (6,335)

Both Department of Employment and of Manpower Services Commission figures are for redundancies involving 10 or more employees.

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