HC Deb 18 March 1981 vol 1 cc106-7W
Mrs. Renée Short

asked the Secretary of State for Employment what was the number of workers made redundant in 1980 in (a) Wolverhampton and (b) the West Midlands; and what are the numbers currently pending.

Mr. Peter Morrison

There are no comprehensive statistics of redundancies. But the numbers of redundancies, involving 10 or more employees, reported to the Manpower Services Commission as due to occur in the requested areas in 1980 and 1981 are as follows:

Number of redundancies reported as due to occur
Wolverhampton (travel-to-work area) West Midlands
1980 4,475 73,418
January to February 1981* 874 11,877
Pending* 145 5,018
* Provisional.