§ Mr. Madelasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will publish in the Official Report (a) the number of people made redundant in each of the nationalised industries in 1979 and 1980 and (b) the number of people employed in each of the nationalised industries during 1980–81.
§ Mr. BrittanFollowing is the available information.
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NATIONALISED INDUSTRIES Numbers made redundant Year ending Numbers employed as at National Coal Board 1,887 March 1980 232,500 March 1980 * March 1981 Electricity (England and Wales) * March 1980 158,800 March 1980 * March 1981 Electricity (Scotland) Nil March 1980 17,741 March 1981 (provisional) Nil March 1981 British Gas Corporation * March 1980 104,100 March 1980 * March 1981 British National Oil Corporation * December 1979 1,400 December 1979 * December 1980 British Steel Corporation 16,300 March 1980 129,000 March 1981 (provisional) March 1981 Post Office—Telecommunications 80 December 1979 247,500 March 1981 (provisional) 55 December 1980 Posts and Giro 46 December 1979 185,370 March 1981 (provisional) 44 December 1980 British Airways Board Nil March 1980 53,000 March 1981 (provisional) Nil March 1981 British Airports Authority Nil March 1980 7,336 March 1981 (provisional) Nil March 1981 British Railways Board 1,079 December 1979 239,700 December 1980 1,184 December 1980 British Transport Docks Board 85 December 1979 11,490 September 1980 54 December 1980 British Waterways Board 2 December 1979 3,251 January 1981 3 December 1980 National Frieght Company * December 1979 36,000 September 1980 * December 1980 National Bus Company * December 1979 58,727 February 1981 December 1980 Scottish Transport Group 236 December 1979 11,618 December 1980 287 December 1980 British Shipbuilders 8,661 March 1980 70,168 December 1980 5,088 March 1981 * Not available.