§ Mr. Sheermanasked the Secretary of State for Employment (1) how many people have been made redundant in West Yorkshire since May 1979; and if he will divide these into specific areas covered by the jobcentres in each locality;
321W(2) how many firms have closed down in West Yorkshire since May 1979; and if he will divide these into the numbers in each area covered by the jobcentres of each locality.
§ Mr. Peter MorrisonThere are no comprehensive statistics of closures or redundancies. The numbers of closures of firms and redundancies, involving 10 or more employees in each case, reported to it as due to occur in West Yorkshire were are follows:
Number of closures and redundancies reported as due to occur Closures Redundancies Employment Office Area May l971 to Jan 1981 Feb-Mar 1981* May 1979 to Jan 1981 Feb-Mar 1981* Bately 1 — 664 156 Bingley — — 217 40 Bradford 10 2 4,558 577 Bramley 2 — 632 69 Brighouse 5 — 884 282 Castleford 2 — 406 275 Dewsbury 5 — 974 92 Elland — — 154 42 Halifax 5 — 1,926 154 Hebden Bridge — — 53 — Hemsworth 2 — 261 — Horsforth 1 — 71 — Huddersfield 17 — 5,734 572 Hunslet 3 1 1,262 279 Keighley 3 — 1,270 152 Knottingley — — 289 — Leeds 24 — 6,984 766 Morley — — 283 49 Normanton 1 — 28 — Otley — — — — Pontefract — — 52 99 Rothwell — — 44 11 Seacroft — — 306 70 Shipley 4 — 798 — South Elmsall 2 — 282 — Sowerby Bridge 1 1 428 174 Spen Valley 1 — 1,576 162 Todmorden — — 22 — Wakefield — — 55 — Wetherby 2 1 437 8 Yeadon 2 1 616 104 West Yorkshire Total 93 6 31,266 4,133 * Provisional figures. Figures for February 1981 or later are not fully comparable with those for January 1981 and earlier, because of improvements in data collection designed to secure a better coverage or reported redundancies which are actually expected to take place.