§ Mr. Ernie Rossasked the Secretary of State for Scotland how many redundancies in Dundee have been notified to the Manpower Services Commission in each month since May 1979.
§ Mr. Alexander FletcherI am informed that the number of redundancies notified to the Manpower Services Commission as
196Wlikely to have occurred in Dundee since 1 May 1979 was as follows:
Month Employees May 1979 29 June 63 July 59 August 71 September 127 October 38 November 43 December 87 January 1980 230 February 109 March 346 April 164 Total 1,372 NOTE 1: Figures for March and April 1980 are provisional to take account of late notifications.
NOTE 2: The figures for the period May to October 1979 differ slightly from those given in my reply to the hon. Member on 6 November— [Vol. 973, c. 134]—because they take into account information which has since become available about the timing of redundancies during that period.