§ Mr. Ernie Rossasked the Secretary of State for Employment how many redundancies have been notified to him under section 100 of the Employment Protection 8W Act in Dundee in each month since May 1979; how many establishments were involved; and what are the respective totals.
§ Mr. WaddingtonThe number of proposed redundancies in Dundee which have been notified to my Department under the redundancy handling provisions of the Employment Protection Act 1975, for each month since May 1979, is as follows:
Employees Establishments 1979 May — — June 37 1 July 173 4 August 138 4 September 137 4 October 840 6 November 268 8 December 424 5 1980 January 182 5 February 274 8 March 62 3 April 322 6 May 366 9 June 580 6 July 663 12 August 223 9 September 1,129 12 October 779 8 November 222 6 December 856 13 Total 7,675 129 These figures are not a true measure of the number of actual redundancies, since many notified redundancies do not in fact take place—for example, because of a subsequent application under the temporary short time working compensation scheme—and there is no statutory requirement to notify my Department when proposed redundancies do not take place.
A better measure of redundancies that are due to occur is provided by figures obtained by local offices of the Manpower Services Commission by consulting the firms concerned nearer the actual date of the redundancy. I am informed by the Manpower Services Commission that the number of redundancies which have been confirmed as due to occur in Dundee during the same period is as follows:
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Employees 1979 May 29 June 63 July 59 August 77 September 127 October 38 November 43 December 87 1980 January 230 February 109 March 346 April 164 May 247 June 221 July 430 August 339
Employees September 443 October 379 November ✶478 December ✶395 Total 4,404 ✶Provisional figures. A total of 65 establishments was involved.